The girls, Olivia, Evelyn, and Paityn, were found dead near a campground on June 2, three days after they were last seen alive.

Travis Decker is a former member of the military who has enough wilderness survival skills to live in the woods on his own for weeks or months, the authorities said.

The girls, Olivia, Evelyn, and Paityn, were found dead near a campground on June 2, three days after they were last seen alive.

Travis Decker remained missing despite a multi-jurisdictional manhunt in effect for the 32-year old father and U.S. Army veteran.

Investigators have been looking for Decker since the night of May 30, when he failed to return the girls to their mother’s home.