Washington, Travis Decker
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The search for Travis Decker, a former U.S. Army soldier accused of killing his three young daughters in Washington state, is in its second week as the Washington National Guard has been deployed to aid law enforcement officers continuing to comb the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Crest Trail region.
Authorities converged along Highway 97 late Monday in a reinvigorated search for a Wenatchee father accused of killing his three daughters, whose bodies were found last week west of Leavenworth.
The murder of three young girls in Chelan County last week is shining a spotlight on veterans’ mental health issues.
Police have narrowed their search for Travis Decker, suspected of murdering his three daughters, to the area of Ingalls Creek and Valley High in Washington state.
Decker’s three daughters were reported missing by their mother on the night of May 30 after they failed to return home from a scheduled visit with Decker. On Monday, a Chelan County deputy discovered the bodies of the girls, which were about 75 to 100 yards past their father’s unoccupied truck near the campground.
Investigators have been looking for Travis Decker since May 30. Three days later, a sheriff's deputy discovered the bodies of his three young daughters.
Travis Decker, the former Army soldier who's wanted for the murder of his three young daughters in Washington state, allegedly searched the internet about how to move to Canada in the days before his daughters' deaths.
Travis Decker, accused of killing his three daughters in central Washington, remains at large after being spotted in Idaho, while federal agents have joined the search for him.