Travis Decker: Chilling online searches made by father accused of murdering his three daughters revealed
Chilling details about the online searches of the military veteran father who allegedly murdered his three young daughters have been revealed.
Travis Decker, who is still being hunted down by the police, conducted searches online on how to move to Canada just days before the gruesome killings, People reported.
According to a US Marshals Service affidavit obtained by multiple US media outlets, Mr Decker searched “how to relocate to Canada” and “how does a person move to Canada” on May 26.
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Police say Mr Decker is homeless and has been living in his car, at various hotels/motels, or campgrounds around Wenatchee.
It is unknown if he is armed, but police say he may pose a significant risk and should not be approached. A SWAT team has been mobilised to help with the manhunt.
Alarm bells rang when Mr Decker collected his daughters, Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, for a scheduled visit on May 30, but failed to return them at the agreed time.
Their mother, Whitney, who had previously raised concerns about Mr Decker’s spiralling mental health, notified police, sparking a large-scale search.
That ended in tragedy three days later when the girls’ bodies were found at a campground close to their father’s white 2017 GMC Sierra truck at the Rock Island campground in Wenatchee, Washington State.
Police say the girls’ remains were found with plastic bags on their heads and zip ties around their wrists. Mr Decker’s truck had two bloody hand prints on the tailgate.
Mr Decker is wanted for three counts of murder and kidnapping, and an AUD$30,000 reward has been issued for any information that leads to his capture.
