{"id":28603,"date":"2025-06-04T20:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28603"},"modified":"2025-06-04T20:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:21:48","slug":"bloody-handprints-3-slain-sisters-what-we-know-about-missing-dad-accused-of-killing-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28603","title":{"rendered":"Bloody Handprints, 3 Slain Sisters: What We Know About Missing Dad Accused of Killing Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">Travis Decker has been charged in connection with his three young girls&#8217; murders but remains at large<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"people-bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Travis Decker is wanted after being accused of murdering his three young daughters<\/li>\n<li>The sisters &#8211; Paityn Decker, 9, Evelyn Decker, 8, and Olivia Decker, 5 &#8211; were found dead on Monday<\/li>\n<li>Decker remains at large as local authorities continue to search for him in Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1171637414994285&amp;set=pcb.1171637448327615\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Travis Decker<\/a>\u00a0remains at large as police in Wenatchee, Wash., and the surrounding area continue their multi-day manhunt for the missing father suspected of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/3-sisters-cause-death-missing-dad-planned-visitation-11747599\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">killing his three young girls<\/a>\u00a0over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Paityn Decker, 9, Evelyn Decker, 8, and Olivia Decker, 5, were found dead on Monday, June 2 near the Rock Island Campground in Chelan County, Wash., after authorities tracked down their father\u2019s abandoned car near where their bodies were discovered, PEOPLE previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/missing-sisters-found-dead-after-planned-visitation-with-dad-police-11747210\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Decker, a former military man, remains on the loose according to local authorities, who provided a description of the father over the weekend as the search began.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Here\u2019s what we know.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-subheading__text\">When Did the Girls Go Missing?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The Wenatchee Police Department said in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wenatcheepolicedepartment\/posts\/pfbid031T1wHx9jKkYRa23kxkFCoAAzfqPw1V6uiDmfrhsLmTYNwBWDhxNzit7iPztqi1YDl?rdid=wIzjvS1RaupfAq1v#\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">a statement<\/a>\u00a0over the weekend that Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia were all supposed to be with their father for a planned visitation over the weekend.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block collapsed\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native-fluid_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native-fluid mm-ads-native \" data-right-rail-index=\"2\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native__adunit_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native__adunit mm-ads-gpt-dynamic-adunit mm-ads-gpt-adunit scads-to-load gpt native dynamic js-immediate-ad js-immediate-ad-loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cThe visitation was part of a parenting plan, but he has since gone outside the parameters of it which is not normal and cause for the alarm,\u201d police said. The girls were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/three-young-sisters-missing-visiting-father-washington-state-police-11746191\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">last seen on May 30<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/missing-sisters-found-dead-after-planned-visitation-with-dad-police-11747210\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">found dead<\/a>\u00a0on Monday, June 2, two days after police first launched their public manhunt.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/e8av8mnKnKCWwkZN4bI-47dZWIg=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(712x529:714x531):format(webp)\/travis-decker-060225-1a786deebf774202a74787c445a5e6b5.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/e8av8mnKnKCWwkZN4bI-47dZWIg=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(712x529:714x531):format(webp)\/travis-decker-060225-1a786deebf774202a74787c445a5e6b5.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Travis Decker\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1850\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/e8av8mnKnKCWwkZN4bI-47dZWIg=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(712x529:714x531):format(webp)\/travis-decker-060225-1a786deebf774202a74787c445a5e6b5.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/e8av8mnKnKCWwkZN4bI-47dZWIg=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(712x529:714x531):format(webp)\/travis-decker-060225-1a786deebf774202a74787c445a5e6b5.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Travis Decker.<\/span>Wenatchee Police Department<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-subheading__text\">Who Is Travis Decker?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Police have said the 32-year-old Decker has former military experience and should be approached carefully, PEOPLE previously reported. \u201cIt is unknown whether Decker is currently armed, but he may pose a significant risk,\u201d police said in a statement in recent days.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The Wenatchee Police Department said in its May 31 missing persons alert that Decker has recently been \u201chomeless and living in his vehicle or at various hotels\/motels or at campgrounds in the area.\u201d At 5-foot-8 and 190 pounds, Decker was last seen wearing a light shirt and dark shorts. He was also most recently wearing his black hair in a ponytail, according to police.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-true-crime-newsletter-sign-up-8692775\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-subheading__text\">What Have Police Found?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Authorities discovered Decker\u2019s pickup truck near the Rock Island Campground in Leavenworth, Wash., where the three sisters\u2019 bodies were discovered, local Fox 13\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13seattle.com\/news\/murdered-wa-girls-cause-of-death\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">reported<\/a>. According to the outlet, investigators found two bloody handprints on Decker\u2019s truck while inside there were items like a blanket, food, and car seats for the girls. Police also discovered a wallet on the center console of the vehicle, according to Fox 13.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Court documents obtained by the outlet also say that Decker&#8217;s cell phone activity showed &#8220;he drove to and left the same campground a day prior to the kidnapping.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Decker has since been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of kidnapping, police have said. He is also facing custodial interference charges.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/T6GZkX2V9nJckslC4i4DYbZVIIU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(770x309:772x311):format(webp)\/olivia-evelyn-paityn-decker-missing-060225-0962179af84a480aa4e6cab8b35c1343.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/T6GZkX2V9nJckslC4i4DYbZVIIU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(770x309:772x311):format(webp)\/olivia-evelyn-paityn-decker-missing-060225-0962179af84a480aa4e6cab8b35c1343.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Olivia Decker, Evelyn Decker, Paityn Decker\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/T6GZkX2V9nJckslC4i4DYbZVIIU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(770x309:772x311):format(webp)\/olivia-evelyn-paityn-decker-missing-060225-0962179af84a480aa4e6cab8b35c1343.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/T6GZkX2V9nJckslC4i4DYbZVIIU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(770x309:772x311):format(webp)\/olivia-evelyn-paityn-decker-missing-060225-0962179af84a480aa4e6cab8b35c1343.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Olivia Decker, Evelyn Decker, Paityn Decker.<\/span>Wenatchee Police Department<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-subheading__text\">What Has the Decker Family Said?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-whitney-decker\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">GoFundMe page<\/a>\u00a0set up for the girls&#8217; mother, Whitney Decker, has described the girls\u2019 deaths as \u201cheartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;We are heartbroken to share that the girls have since passed &#8230; the pain of this loss is immeasurable,&#8221; organizer and friend Amy Edwards wrote. &#8220;I\u2019ve known Whitney for years, we&#8217;re both dance moms and theater friends [and I&#8217;ve] had the privilege of teaching Whitney\u2019s girls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The GoFundMe has raised nearly $400,000 in recent days. Edwards says the \u201cfunds raised will go directly to Whitney to help cover final expenses, support time off from work, and give her space to heal without financial pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cThank you for keeping Whitney and her girls in your hearts,\u201d the family friend added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Travis Decker has been charged in connection with his three young girls&#8217; murders but remains at large NEED TO KNOW Travis Decker is wanted after being accused of &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28605,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28603\/revisions\/28605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}