Bones Found Near Location Of 3 Dead Girls Amid Manhunt For Father

Bones were recovered adjacent a Cascade Mountains campground amid nan manhunt for nan 33-year-old suspected of sidesplitting his 3 young daughters, nan FBI said connected Friday.

The bones are being analyzed to find if they're human, FBI Seattle spokesperson Ted Halla said.

"We tin corroborate that immoderate bones were collected arsenic portion of nan hunt activity earlier successful nan week astir nan Rock Island Campground," he said by email.

The Cascade Mountains campground adjacent Leavenworth, Washington, is nan location of nan find of nan bodies of Travis Decker’s 3 daughters, Paityn, 9; Evelyn, 8; and Olivia, 5, connected June 2.

Decker's pickup was besides found nearby, connected onshore described by nan Chelan County Sheriff's Office arsenic "rugged and heavy forested terrain," astir 150 miles eastbound of Seattle.

Earlier this month, nan agency said DNA from integrative bags recovered connected nan girls heads matched that of nan father, and nary different quality DNA too nan girls' ain was found. The region aesculapian examiner concluded nan girls died by suffocation and are nan victims of homicide, nan sheriff's agency said.

Following nan find of their bodies, local, authorities and national authorities launched an extended manhunt for Decker, fearing he could usage his subject inheritance and outdoors acquisition to vanish.

Decker was charged pinch 3 counts of first-degree execution and first-degree kidnapping and is nan taxable of an apprehension warrant.

On May 30, his ex-wife reported Decker did not return nan girls aft a planned visit, authorities said. The study wasn't capable to trigger an Amber Alert, Washington State Patrol said, noting that a precocious return is not needfully an abduction and that location was nary imminent threat of violence.

Investigators said motive was unclear. Court filings authorities Decker refused to motion a parenting scheme astir a twelvemonth agone that included orders to activity intelligence wellness curen and anger guidance counseling.

On Monday, Chelan County Sheriff Michael L. Morrison outlined nan two-day hunt for grounds adjacent nan campground connected national onshore that started Monday and drew astir 100 police, deputies and national agents.

"Over nan past 3 months, investigative teams, led by your Sheriff’s Office Investigative Unit, person pursued each lead and searched vast, distant areas successful nan dream of locating Travis Decker aliases immoderate grounds that mightiness bring america person to answers," Morrison said successful a statement.

The sheriff repeated that it's not clear if Decker is alive.

"At this time, nary conclusive grounds has been recovered to bespeak whether Travis Decker is live aliases deceased," he said. "We proceed to travel each reliable lead."