NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- The nearly two-month long search for murder suspect Travis Decker is being scaled back due to a decrease in leads and tips<\/li>\n
- The search efforts have included swift water teams, K-9 teams, air assets, and personnel on foot<\/li>\n
- A warrant for Decker’s arrest on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping was issued after his three daughters, Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, were found dead in a remote campground on June 2 in Chelan County, Wash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Authorities in Washington state are scaling back the search for\u00a0Travis Decker<\/a>, the man suspected of killing his three daughters nearly two months ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Chelan County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a press release on Friday, July 25, that they are continuing the search with a \u201creduced footprint\u201d due to a \u201cdecrease in leads and tips\u201d into Decker\u2019s location. They noted that the criminal investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cLaw enforcement personnel, along with search and rescue organizations have conducted an exhaustive search for Mr. Decker of the wilderness area surrounding the initial crime scene,\u201d the release states.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDecker, 32, has been the subject of a manhunt since June 2, when his three daughters, Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, were\u00a0found asphyxiated<\/a>\u00a0in a remote area of the Rock Island Campground in Chelan County, Wash., authorities have said. The father’s abandoned pickup truck led investigators to the bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n![\"Olivia](\"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\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>Olivia, Evelyn and Paityn Decker.<\/span>Wenatchee Police Department<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThree days earlier, Decker had picked up the girls for a court-approved visit but failed to return them to their mother, Whitney Decker. Whitney then reported them missing to Wenatchee police, which triggered a massive search for the four.<\/p>\n
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Amid the search, there were two possible sightings of Decker \u2014 one in June and another in July \u2014 but authorities\u00a0have since confirmed<\/a>\u00a0they were not him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nOfficials have described Decker as a combat veteran who, at the time of his disappearance, had been homeless and living in his vehicle or at campgrounds in the area. They have also said he has been trained to survive in the woods.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nAlso, Whitney alleged that her ex-husband had “neglected his parental duties towards a child” and “has a long-term emotional or physical problem that gets in the way of his ability to parent,\u201d in a September 2024\u00a0court filing<\/a>\u00a0outlining their parenting schedule, PEOPLE previously reported.<\/p>\n
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- The nearly two-month long search for murder suspect Travis Decker is being scaled back due to a decrease in leads and tips<\/li>\n
- The search efforts have included swift water teams, K-9 teams, air assets, and personnel on foot<\/li>\n
- A warrant for Decker’s arrest on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping was issued after his three daughters, Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, were found dead in a remote campground on June 2 in Chelan County, Wash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Authorities in Washington state are scaling back the search for\u00a0Travis Decker<\/a>, the man suspected of killing his three daughters nearly two months ago.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThe Chelan County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a press release on Friday, July 25, that they are continuing the search with a \u201creduced footprint\u201d due to a \u201cdecrease in leads and tips\u201d into Decker\u2019s location. They noted that the criminal investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cLaw enforcement personnel, along with search and rescue organizations have conducted an exhaustive search for Mr. Decker of the wilderness area surrounding the initial crime scene,\u201d the release states.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDecker, 32, has been the subject of a manhunt since June 2, when his three daughters, Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, were\u00a0found asphyxiated<\/a>\u00a0in a remote area of the Rock Island Campground in Chelan County, Wash., authorities have said. The father’s abandoned pickup truck led investigators to the bodies.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Olivia, Evelyn and Paityn Decker.<\/span>Wenatchee Police Department<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Three days earlier, Decker had picked up the girls for a court-approved visit but failed to return them to their mother, Whitney Decker. Whitney then reported them missing to Wenatchee police, which triggered a massive search for the four.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nAmid the search, there were two possible sightings of Decker \u2014 one in June and another in July \u2014 but authorities\u00a0have since confirmed<\/a>\u00a0they were not him.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nOfficials have described Decker as a combat veteran who, at the time of his disappearance, had been homeless and living in his vehicle or at campgrounds in the area. They have also said he has been trained to survive in the woods.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/div>\nAlso, Whitney alleged that her ex-husband had “neglected his parental duties towards a child” and “has a long-term emotional or physical problem that gets in the way of his ability to parent,\u201d in a September 2024\u00a0court filing<\/a>\u00a0outlining their parenting schedule, PEOPLE previously reported.<\/p>\n