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Authorities release new photos of Washington man who allegedly killed his 3 daughters as manhunt enters 3rd week

Muri Assunção, New York Daily News on

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Authorities have released updated photos of Travis Decker, who’s wanted in the deaths of his three young daughters, warning the 32-year-old suspect may have changed his appearance.

Detectives with the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office in Washington released an update Tuesday on the multi-agency search operation for the triple-murder suspect, which now stretches into a third week.

Investigators continue to process crime scene evidence while search teams remain active both on the ground and in the air, gathering new information and reviewing lab results from previously collected evidence, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

The announcement comes a week after redirecting resources following a possible sighting of Decker in the Enchantments, a rugged alpine wilderness in Washington’s central Cascades.

On Tuesday, officials said Chelan County detectives and partner agencies remained engaged in a coordinated effort to locate the suspect, with personnel deployed across the region and into remote areas of Chelan and Kittitas counties.

In its latest update, the sheriff’s office released three images showing how Decker might look today — with a mustache, clean-shaven, or with longer hair — as he “potentially could have altered his appearance.”

 

The 5-foot-8, 190-pound suspect was initially described as having black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a tan or green T-shirt and dark shorts.

Decker is suspected of kidnapping and murdering his three young daughters, who were reported missing on May 30. Authorities in Wenatchee, about 100 miles east of Seattle, say 9-year-old Paityn, 8-year-old Evelyn and 5-year-old Olivia were last seen alive ahead of a planned visitation with their father.

Their bodies were found three days later in a remote campsite near Rock Island Campground in Chelan County. Their hands were zip-tied and they had plastic bags over their heads, officials said. An autopsy later determined the cause of death to be suffocation.

Decker, who served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from March 2013 to July 2021, is considered dangerous and may be armed, authorities said. Anyone who sees him is urged not to approach and to call 911 immediately.

The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to his arrest.


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