Federal authorities in Idaho called off their search for a man accused of killing his three young daughters last month after they questioned a look-alike hiker who had been mistaken for the suspect.
Travis Decker has been a wanted man since June 2, after a sheriff’s deputy in Washington state found his truck and deceased daughters, 9-year-old Paityn, 8-year-old Evelyn, and 5-year-old Olivia at a campground outside Leavenworth.
Multiple law enforcement agencies have collaborated to locate the wanted man, with the search spanning 500 miles, both within and outside Idaho.
Decker had been living out of his vehicle prior to the discovery and was reportedly with his daughters during a planned visitation. However, the girls’ mother told the Wenatchee Police that the girls never returned.
An autopsy found that Decker’s daughters were killed via suffocation, according to a press release by the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office.
