Nearly four days after officials found the bodies of three young sisters at a remote Washington state campground, allegedly slain by their own father, federal law enforcement officials say they are investigating hundreds of leads and tips as they search for 32-year-old Travis Decker.
The manhunt for Decker continued on Friday, June 6, a Chelan County Sheriff's Office spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY, four days after the girls' bodies were found and a week after they were first reported missing.
Officials shut down a large swath of a national forest in Washington while law enforcement continues to search the area for the girls' father, who is the case's sole suspect so far.
The order to close a hefty portion of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest went into effect on June 5 and is slated to last through June 18, the sheriff's office, the lead agency in the case, announced June 5 in a news release.
The man is wanted connection to the deaths of his daughters, Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and Olivia Decker, 5. An outdoorsman, Travis Decker attended mountain survival school and served in the U.S. Army, officials said. He is suspected of killing his daughters after taking them for a scheduled custody visitation.
