Whereas the seek for a Washington father accused of killing his three younger daughters in June continues, DNA testing has confirmed he’s the one suspect within the murders, police stated.
Travis Decker’s DNA was discovered on plastic luggage that had been discovered over the women’ heads in addition to cable ties discovered close to their our bodies, based on the Washington State Crime Lab, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a information launch Monday.
DNA matching 9-year-old Paityn, 8-year-old Evelyn and 5-year-old Olivia additionally was discovered on the baggage, however no different profiles had been detected, the sheriff’s workplace stated. No different DNA profiles had been discovered on the cable ties, they stated.
“The completion of this DNA evaluation offers extra proof that signifies Travis Decker is the one suspect concerned in committing these homicides,” the information launch stated.
Chelan County Sheriff’s Workplace
The our bodies of the women and Decker’s truck had been discovered on June 2 close to a campground in central Washington. Decker had not returned the women to their mom on time after a deliberate go to and was not answering calls, she instructed police.
A seek for Decker, a former Military soldier, has been ongoing since then.
“Right now, we should not have any proof to counsel Travis Decker is both alive or deceased,” the sheriff’s workplace stated Monday.
A number of pictures and video of Decker previous to the murders have been shared by police, in addition to renderings of how his look could have modified.
A $20,000 reward is being supplied for info resulting in Decker’s arrest. He needs to be thought-about armed and harmful, officers stated.
