"Authorities have been searching for more than three months for Decker, a former Army officer who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 and who more recently lived in campgrounds and motels. The bodies of Decker's three daughters, Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, were found June 2 close to Decker's 2017 white GMC Sierra truck near the Rock Island Campground, about 70 miles east of Seattle."
"Paityn, Evelyn and Olivia Decker died of asphyxiation, according to documents filed by police in Washington's Chelan County Superior Court. Each little girl was found with "a plastic bag over the head." "Their wrists were also zip tied or showed signs of being zip tied," the documents stated. According to court documents, Whitney Decker believed her ex-husband had been "experiencing some mental health issues" for some time. She stated in the documents that Travis Decker had been "diagnosed with borderline personality disorder""
Preliminary findings indicate human remains located in a remote wooded area south of Leavenworth are believed to belong to Travis Decker, with DNA analysis pending. The Chelan County Sheriff's Office and Washington State Patrol crime scene response team are processing the scene and are providing the Decker family support while requesting privacy. Authorities had searched for Decker for more than three months. Decker's three daughters were found June 2 near his 2017 white GMC Sierra at Rock Island Campground about 70 miles east of Seattle. Court documents state the girls died of asphyxiation, were found with plastic bags over their heads, and showed signs of zip ties; the girls' mother reported concerns about Decker's mental health, including a reported diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.
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