Found Deceased Olivia 5, Evelyn 8 & Paityn Decker 9, Endangered Alert, visitation w/ homeless dad Travis Decker 32, wh 2017 GMC Sierra PU, Wenatchee, 30 May 2025

[tara83]

I think he knows exactly what he's done and trying to save his own tail.

 

[vls12345]

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I sure hope the mom & her family members are being protected. This murderer might go after her or her remaining loved ones next. Imo.

 

[Trino]

I think he knows exactly what he's done and trying to save his own tail.

He'll run/hide for a while, but there is an extensive manhunt, and after what he's done, there's a lot of determination to find him. He'll slip up.

 

[azure]

I just can't agree that the courts did the right thing.

I think the courts need to stop giving unstable, undeserving, unpredictable parents unsupervised visitation. Supervised visitation was completely appropriate until he was competent enough to attend all required evaluations and classes and participate in his case (signing the papers). It's not about "keeping the children from the parent". It's about keeping the children safe.

 

[Chimera]

I sure hope the mom & her family members are being protected. This murderer might go after her or her remaining loved ones next. Imo.

Agreed !
A perp who can kill their own children is capable of anything.
Imo.

 

[sunspun]

What was cause of death?

If he's still on the loose, will the mother be put somewhere safe, or will police be stationed at her home until he's found?

I feel like she's in danger right now.

He has nothing left to lose and must be in a very bad mental state.

 

[Chimera]

This has me shaking. It reads like the truck is part of the crime scene. Premeditated because he had visited the campsite at an earlier time. Pure evil & soulless.May he spend eternity in a bottomless pit along with other demonic creatures like: Israel Keyes as an example.

Court documents reveal how 3 Wenatchee sisters likely died​

Lexi Herda


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“They say they found Decker’s truck near the Rock Island Campground, but no one was inside.

According to the court documents, officers and deputies found zip ties and plastic bags tossed throughout the area.

The documents also state that the truck had what appeared to be two bloody handprints.

While searching the area, law enforcement found the bodies of the three young girls.

The court documents also state that the murders may have been premeditated.

According to cellphone records acquired Saturday show that Decker likely visited the area on Thursday prior to picking up the girls for his scheduled visit.

Court documents reveal how 3 Wenatchee sisters likely died

Court documents just obtained by KIRO 7 reveal how three sisters from Wenatchee died. The girls were reported missing Friday after a visit with their father.

www.yahoo.com

Purple bolding mine.

Wonder if there were other injuries, or if one of the little angels tried to fight back ?
Here I was hoping against hope that whatever happened, was instant.
Asphyxiation can take a while, and he did it three times.
If I wasn't already so enraged-- this adds levels of nausea.
One or two of them may have watched their sibling die.
Unforgivable.
Imo.

 

[Trino]

What was cause of death?

If he's still on the loose, will the mother be put somewhere safe, or will police be stationed at her home until he's found?

I feel like she's in danger right now.

He has nothing left to lose and must be in a very bad mental state.

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

 

[Spyralflare]

What was cause of death?

As noted earlier in the thread, he asphyxiated all 3 girls with plastic bags and zip ties.

 

[MamaSleuth5]

I just can't agree that the courts did the right thing.

I think the courts need to stop giving unstable, undeserving, unpredictable parents unsupervised visitation. Supervised visitation was completely appropriate until he was competent enough to attend all required evaluations and classes and participate in his case (signing the papers). It's not about "keeping the children from the parent". It's about keeping the children safe.

I agree. JMO

 

[NuttMegg]

As noted earlier in the thread, he asphyxiated all 3 girls with plastic bags and zip ties.

I don't get that. Those girls were large enough to fight a plastic garbage bag. He must have smothered them too. Even if he was putting one live girl into a bag, the other 2 wouldn't just stand there. Even little Jessie in Florida who was buried alive was able to claw holes in the bag as she died.


Well I just re-read zip ties. A new level of cruelty, zip tying them before death so they had to watch?

 

[NuttMegg]

I just can't agree that the courts did the right thing.

I think the courts need to stop giving unstable, undeserving, unpredictable parents unsupervised visitation. Supervised visitation was completely appropriate until he was competent enough to attend all required evaluations and classes and participate in his case (signing the papers). It's not about "keeping the children from the parent". It's about keeping the children safe.

Supervised visitation can cost an arm and a leg. This is a guy who had been attending the girls' sports events, who would think he'd possibly cheer them on then kill them.

 

[NuttMegg]

They said 2 bloody handprints were found on the car. Asphyxiation?

 

[LadyL]

Is there another planet I can move to?

This one is so dark sometimes.

That poor mother.

we need you here to help fight the darkness

 

[LadyL]

What I don't understand is his extensive military record. Shouldn't such persons be required to undergo a mental evaluation before being awarded these positions. But, things change. He's out of the military. No idea what happened to him.

many people become mentally ill because of situations they had to endure in service IMO

 

[truthfinder2019]

Purple bolding mine.

Wonder if there were other injuries, or if one of the little angels tried to fight back ?
Here I was hoping against hope that whatever happened, was instant.
Asphyxiation can take a while, and he did it three times.
If I wasn't already so enraged-- this adds levels of nausea.
One or two of them may have watched their sibling die.
Unforgivable.
Imo.

Makes me totally sick.

 

[truthfinder2019]

Manhunt for former soldier suspected of murdering his three daughters in Washington state​

The public have been warned not to approach the suspect, who has years of military experience and could be hiding out in a national forest east of Seattle.

Manhunt for former soldier suspected of murdering his three daughters in Washington state

The public have been warned not to approach the suspect, who has years of military experience and could be hiding out in a national forest east of Seattle.

news.sky.com

Missing Wenatchee girls likely cause of death revealed in court documents

Court documents reveal new details in the murders of three young girls in Chelan County, along with the ongoing search for the suspect, Travis Decker.

www.fox13seattle.com

 

[Brooklyn127]

The best, and saddest thing about this, is how happy they looked. They were clearly well cared for and well loved. And happy! Before the unthinkable.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

We seldom offer the same grace to mentally ill dads that we afford to moms

We don't give as much empathy to fathers who do this compared to mothers because post-partum psychosis is known to be real, and it's exclusive to women.

And I think people always wonder if a dad, who is "supposed to" be a protector, at least partially did it to hurt their mother.

IMO we also see that element of also wanting to hurt the father in some of the cases where women do this, and I don't have empathy for them either.

Notice how they know enough about what's going on to buy supplies, wait until they are alone, flee afterwards, etc. But then we're supposed to believe they didn't know right from wrong? Maybe. But mental illness doesn't often mean you don't know right from wrong. This case, I don't know, but even he seems to have made a plan and carried it out.

Someone like Andrea Yates maybe just acted suddenly. The bathtub was already right there.

This man kidnapped his daughters, bought supplies...
All JMO.

 

[Hexe]

How awful, before I even read the article, as soon as I saw zip ties and plastic bags I knew. I can not imagine how disturbed someone must be to do something like that.

Now that's incredibly cruel. This man doesn't seem to be a poor soul, lost to the mental health issues, but more a full fledged sadist. There are no words to express how horrible all of it is.