A chilling new lead has surfaced in the nationwide search for Travis Decker, the Washington father accused of murdering his three young daughters.
Live5 WCSC News and Fox12 Oregon are reporting that a man matching Decker’s description may have been spotted deep in Idaho’s Sawtooth wilderness. A family recreating in the Bear Creek area reported seeing a man who stood out: a white male with a long ponytail, an overgrown beard, black gauged earrings, a black mesh cap, a cream-colored T-shirt, black shorts, and a JanSport backpack. He was wearing what looked like low-top Converse or Vans shoes.
Decker, 32, is wanted on three counts of murder and three counts of kidnapping after he failed to return his daughters—9-year-old Paityn, 8-year-old Evelyn, and 5-year-old Olivia—to their mother’s Wenatchee home over Memorial Day weekend. The search turned tragic on June 2 when deputies found his truck and the bodies of the three girls at a campground near Leavenworth.
Adding to the urgency, Decker is no stranger to the wilderness. As a former U.S. Army infantryman (2013–2021) with combat experience in Afghanistan, he’s trained in survival and has previously lived off-grid in remote backcountry for more than two months.
If you’ve been in or around the Sawtooths and think you saw someone matching this description, don’t wait. Call the U.S. Marshals tip line at 1-800-336-0102 immediately.
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