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Update: Judge said he must stay in a half-way house until next court case. That's in Duluth, 75 miles from his hometown in Grand Rapids. Bets are he might not want to show up in his hometown. Asked to have federal charges dismissed because it's a vendetta against him as a state legislator at...

I am old enough to remember the old days where a person could involuntarily be put into a mental facility without evaluation. Changed in 1975 with O'Connor vs Donaldson. A person must be a danger to themselves or to others, and this must be legally shown. Before the murders, TD did not fit these...

Maybe it would be wise to send a military survivalist instructor after him. If you go online, there are military survivalist ($) camps.

OK, I'll probably get hit for asking this, but this guy has extensive military survival training. Why does our military offer such training? Sure seems to me that most military actions today are urban - use might be a leftover? Who decides who gets this training? What mental evaluations are...

He may need food.

If he's around Blewett Pass and 97, he might just be lost or have no plan. He's going south. Not a route to Canada.

I have hiked the West Coast Trail (Canada), a very difficult trail requiring tide knowledge, shoots and ladders over cliffs, creeks, etc. Pace was around 6 miles per day but not in any hurry, of course. Had a friend who hiked the Camino (Spain), and one day he logged 36 miles (easier trail)...

Makes me wonder if he really has no plan and is just fleeing.

I wonder too if the sheriff's ideas are accurate. Sheriff is used to tracking/predicting ordinary criminals. Word is Decker has extensive military survival training. That is a big difference. Weren't thoughts he was heading for Canada? If so, he's going the wrong direction. With his training he...

Is he heading east? Mention of Leavenworth, which, considering his military training, isn't that far - 17 miles or so. One would think he would travel at night. Maybe he didn't plan to murder, just did it and ran with nothing.

Knowing he murdered 3 children, I would doubt any tribe would protect him.

Guess we'll see how well the military trained him.

Thanks for this post. My thoughts are he's long gone from the area, and with his training searches are futile. The hope is he will be recognized.

Understandable the military needs specific training, but just to intrigue posters, there is an actual database of military who have gone on to murder. Ex. The freeway killer (21-43), Green River Killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, Lee Harvey Oswald, the “Son of Sam” and Timothy McVeigh. The info is from...

Valid concern. Killing the children had to be his revenge on her. Hopefully she's being given protection.