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

[dotr]

Travis Decker searched for jobs, how to move to Canada before daughters' killings, documents show

Just days before the girls' deaths, Decker searched on Google for how to relocate to Canada and searched for jobs in Canada, documents state.

www.ktvb.com

Credit: Chelan County Sheriff's Office
The Chelan County Sheriff's Office released photos of what Travis Decker may look like with and without facial hair as police continue the search

Jun 6, 2025
Authorities are advising residents near the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington State to lock their doors and keep their blinds and curtains open as the manhunt for the father accused of killing his three young daughters continues. Thirty-two-year-old Travis Decker is being sought for strangling Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5.

Jun 6, 2025 #komo #komonews #komo4
The mother of the three sisters suspected of being killed by their father, Travis Decker, is calling for reform as new leads are uncovered in his manhunt.

 

[Gemmie]

WA's Travis Decker searched ‘how to move to Canada’ days before murders

Authorities found searches such as "how does a person move to Canada" and "jobs Canada" in Decker's Google account.

www.fox13seattle.com

UPDATE

6/6/25

What we know:

A deputy U.S. Marshal with the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force, revealed in a US Marshals Service affidavit that Decker's Google account included searches such as "how does a person move to Canada," "how to relocate to Canada," and "jobs Canada."

These searches were conducted on May 26, shortly before Decker allegedly kidnapped and murdered his three children, Olivia, 5, Evelyn, 8, and Paityn, 9.

So very much planned from the get go. JMO

So sad for all.

 

[Boxer]

he actually searched out how to get a job in Canada? He should have searched out how the change your appearance in Mexico first.

Also he needed to search
I am having thoughts about killing my children where can I get help?

 

[LucyOso]

I wondered if that no insurance ticket would be just enough to tip him over the edge and thinking if he wasnt divorced he'd still be at home... finding some creative way of blaming her, even tho he filed. What an epic mind game it must have been to be with him

Definitely not mind games. If he truly had a proven diagnosis of BPD or Narcissism, these people are not playing games. These really are unmodifiable characteristics like having blue or brown eyes and being 5'0" tall. Any type of personality disorder is extremely difficult to treat. As a society we throw around these terms a lot these days.

Many, many types of mental health issues have overlapping signs and symptoms. PTSD can look like BPD or ADHD or Bipolar, etc. It can take years to get a formal diagnosis of a personality disorder because it cam take years to see if meds help )Personality disorders don't react to meds like say true Bipolar would) and it takes years of CBT/DBT to see if these symptoms might be psychological trauma related that tools help with.

Again, we are pretty loose and fast throwing around diagnoses these days. I highly doubt Travis had an actual diagnosis of a personality disorder yet if he was still linked with the military. People most likely have tendencies and traits, we all do.

I do agree with the avalanche of stressors over the years, including loss of community, structure, and purpose with not being active duty, tour of duty, divorce, child support, relocation to an fairly small community, then homelessness, and inability to pay basic bills like car insurance, then accidents without car insurance, and the reality that his source of income with the military/threat of being discharged from the military which IS his identity, definitely broke the camels back. This can happen to any one. many internalize it via suicide, some get homicidal. Throw in stigma and labeling and it can be a disaster.

Sadly, when someone is acutely psychiatrically ill, their actions usually do not have a basis in reality. The harm caused to self and others. They might know right from wrong, but the impulses and what compiles them, is so skewed.

If the guy is a narcissist or had narcissistic tendencies, I think he was playing games, at least to some degree. They create chaos for others and revel in it.

Again, these traits can be present in many, many mental health diagnoses. many people with personality disorders are not even aware that what they do is xyz. We all have traits and tendencies that can be labeled as such.

[Snipped]

My nephew went into a summer program (in Canada though) for Indigenous teens called “ Bold Eagle”, which is sponsored by the Canadian Army. Even at this low level of army training, one of the criterion for candidates was the completion of a psych assessment before acceptance. Hence, I can’t imagine being a ranger without a psych assessment. Jmo

Exactly. I have said this multiple times. he has been screened many times during his service and was still active duty. Yeah, he was no showing, but that is not him getting discharged for psychiatric reasons.

 

[MizStery]

The girls' mother has filed a protection order against TD.

"A protection order petition filed by the mother of three murdered Wenatchee girls exposes the escalating behavior of Travis Decker in the weeks before their disappearance. The June 3 court filing details Decker's unraveling behavior and provides the clearest timeline yet of events leading to the tragedy."

Wenatchee mother's restraining order reveals Travis Decker's escalating behavior

CHELAN COUNTY, Wash. — A protection order petition filed by the mother of three murdered Wenatchee girls exposes the escalating behavior of Travis Decker in the weeks before their disappearance.

www.kxly.com

This article has some other new details. A few that stood out to me:
- TD "faced bullying and isolation from colleagues" at work.
- TD received daily counseling from a Georgia pastor for months, speaking several hours each day. Four weeks before the murders, he abruptly ended these phone calls.

Several hours a day of pastoral counseling seems... unusual. I wonder if this was a friend who was providing phone support on a more informal basis?

It is impossible to know what demons motivated TD. He systematically ‘3 individual times’ bound their hands with zip ties and secured plastic bags over their heads. He snuffed their lives out and watched for however number of minutes it took.

TD planned their murders by bringing zip ties and plastic bags to the crime scene. His intent was on using suffocation as the method to snatch the life from each of his children.

Sasha’s linked article goes one step further to give weight to the argument that a part of his motive ‘was the knowledge it would be the last time Whitney would see her 3 daughters alive’. We know it was his intent because he had already selected and visited the crime scene the previous day.

Note: This was new information for me. In the linked KXLY article Whitney referred to the divorced couple's recent marriage anniversary the week before. At that time Travis had attempted to repair the marriage.

<snipped from KXLY link>

"Last week he tried to reconcile our marriage and had even made comments to the girls about him moving back in, and I rejected his advancements," Whitney wrote.

​

in my mind that rejection puts another brick in the argument that if Whitney wouldn’t reconcile with him then he would retaliate by snuffing the life out of each her cherished children.

This is only my opinion. Please feel free to critique my post. I respect everyone’s opinions.

Wenatchee mother's restraining order reveals Travis Decker's escalating behavior

 

[LucyOso]

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say he didn’t do it, someone else did this, killed him and dumped his body somewhere to make it seem like he did it. I want to know whose bloody handprints were on the truck. Was it his blood?

I have thought this quite a few times as well....

 

[tara83]

I have thought this quite a few times as well....

It would make zero sense for someone to kill 3 little girls and leave them there but carry their strong,large father's body away.

 

[LucyOso]

Given the references to zip ties and plastic bags, combined with the fact that all three little girls may not have been able to struggle, I am wondering if perhaps the dog attacked Decker and the blood belongs to him.

JMO

He might have tried to hurt the dog and the dog attacked him back, yes. Depends on who the blood belongs too.

The dog is an interesting twist. I wonder why it didn’t follow him?

This is a good question. He could have dropped the dog off on the road somewhere on the way up to the camp site?

 

[LucyOso]

It wound make zero sense for someone to kill 3 little girls and leave them there but carry their strong,large father's body away.

Totally agree. But, maybe he wasn't dead when taken? Or they put him in a vehicle and discarded him elsewhere so it looked like he did it. It is outlandish, but many of us have wondered...

 

[ttjo]

Definitely not mind games. If he truly had a proven diagnosis of BPD or Narcissism, these people are not playing games. These really are unmodifiable characteristics like having blue or brown eyes and being 5'0" tall. Any type of personality disorder is extremely difficult to treat. As a society we throw around these terms a lot these days.

Many, many types of mental health issues have overlapping signs and symptoms. PTSD can look like BPD or ADHD or Bipolar, etc. It can take years to get a formal diagnosis of a personality disorder because it cam take years to see if meds help )Personality disorders don't react to meds like say true Bipolar would) and it takes years of CBT/DBT to see if these symptoms might be psychological trauma related that tools help with.

Again, we are pretty loose and fast throwing around diagnoses these days. I highly doubt Travis had an actual diagnosis of a personality disorder yet if he was still linked with the military. People most likely have tendencies and traits, we all do.

I do agree with the avalanche of stressors over the years, including loss of community, structure, and purpose with not being active duty, tour of duty, divorce, child support, relocation to an fairly small community, then homelessness, and inability to pay basic bills like car insurance, then accidents without car insurance, and the reality that his source of income with the military/threat of being discharged from the military which IS his identity, definitely broke the camels back. This can happen to any one. many internalize it via suicide, some get homicidal. Throw in stigma and labeling and it can be a disaster.

Sadly, when someone is acutely psychiatrically ill, their actions usually do not have a basis in reality. The harm caused to self and others. They might know right from wrong, but the impulses and what compiles them, is so skewed.



Again, these traits can be present in many, many mental health diagnoses. many people with personality disorders are not even aware that what they do is xyz. We all have traits and tendencies that can be labeled as such.




Exactly. I have said this multiple times. he has been screened many times during his service and was still active duty. Yeah, he was no showing, but that is not him getting discharged for psychiatric reasons.

That was a great explanation,
I should have phrased it differently, think I already explained what I meant by it. I know he is not playing games, as this is reality for him. I mean for Whitney, how must it have been for her to live with that? unpredictable, erratic, behavior for at least 7-8 years, and 3 children Im sure there were some good times ,at one point, and constant unpredicatable chaos.
Thats what I mean about mind game, I know this must have been hell for her.

 

[ttjo]

Here is the US Marshals Service affidavit with the Google search history of Travis Decker ("how to relocate to canada", "how does a person move to canada", "jobs canada", etc.

Travis Caleb Decker

www.documentcloud.org

I notice those searches were done the day( 26th) before he got that no proof of insurance ticket( 27th).
I was wondering if that ticket was the last burden/ last straw that set him off, but looks like he was planning before then .

 

[Tealgrove]

WA's Travis Decker searched ‘how to move to Canada’ days before murders

Authorities found searches such as "how does a person move to Canada" and "jobs Canada" in Decker's Google account.

www.fox13seattle.com

UPDATE

6/6/25

What we know:

A deputy U.S. Marshal with the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force, revealed in a US Marshals Service affidavit that Decker's Google account included searches such as "how does a person move to Canada," "how to relocate to Canada," and "jobs Canada."

These searches were conducted on May 26, shortly before Decker allegedly kidnapped and murdered his three children, Olivia, 5, Evelyn, 8, and Paityn, 9.

Oh wow!

 

[LucyOso]

The girls' mother has filed a protection order against TD.

"A protection order petition filed by the mother of three murdered Wenatchee girls exposes the escalating behavior of Travis Decker in the weeks before their disappearance. The June 3 court filing details Decker's unraveling behavior and provides the clearest timeline yet of events leading to the tragedy."

Wenatchee mother's restraining order reveals Travis Decker's escalating behavior

CHELAN COUNTY, Wash. — A protection order petition filed by the mother of three murdered Wenatchee girls exposes the escalating behavior of Travis Decker in the weeks before their disappearance.

www.kxly.com

This article has some other new details. A few that stood out to me:
- TD "faced bullying and isolation from colleagues" at work.
- TD received daily counseling from a Georgia pastor for months, speaking several hours each day. Four weeks before the murders, he abruptly ended these phone calls.

Several hours a day of pastoral counseling seems... unusual. I wonder if this was a friend who was providing phone support on a more informal basis?

Did she file the day the girls were found? Maybe before it was announced? W

It does sound like after separating from the military full-time and moving to a small town, everything fell apart. Just the whole situation, homelessness, poverty, bullying at work, etc.

The Georgia pastoral counseling is interesting. I wonder if this was a Vet related type of outreach? Or general spiritual. many people do use these services as a type of support and for clarity. Especially if he was really struggling with his tour of duty and perhaps unable to grapple with what he saw, did, or experienced. Many seek religious support to get reassurance one is not going to hell or can be forgiven. It can be obsessive with PTSD at times. He could have been genuinely trying to find a pathway back to reality or his family. Wonder why he stopped or when exactly.

 

[LucyOso]

That was a great explanation,
I should have phrased it differently, think I already explained what I meant by it. I know he is not playing games, as this is reality for him. I mean for Whitney, how must it have been for her to live with that? unpredictable, erratic, behavior for at least 7-8 years, and 3 children Im sure there were some good times ,at one point, and constant unpredicatable chaos.
Thats what I mean about mind game, I know this must have been hell for her.

It definitely sounds like whatever starting manifesting occurred after he left the military. And that is not uncommon with PTSD. What they perceived would be a way to slow down in life and reduced stress, became more stressful. Even good stress, new house, new community, more time with family can still be interpreted by the body as stress. I am sure income levels changed, the prescription and paternal life of the enlisted, the community and colleagues gone, pandemic isolation, did they suddenly have to home school, lack of employment, feeling like a failure etc...again his whole life changed...I am not sure they totally realized as a couple how much stress, grief, and loss this could cause. I also haven't read anywhere that it was total chaos all the time. It is more the the incidents adding up. Break down of any marriage is rough and then he started have mental health issues.

 

[Sillybilly]

The issue with that is if he's on the PCT, it's going to highlight all the other hikers out there too.

There shouldn't be other hikers. Trails are closed down to the public, and I'm sure they'll close even more if they have to.

With heat seeking drones he should be the only one standing out like a sore thumb.

Manhunt for Travis Decker: North Cascades trails, including part of PCT, closed as search ramps up

Because of the manhunt for Travis Decker, the man accused of killing his three young daughters, several camps, sites and trails within Chelan County and the North Cascades National Park have been closed to the public.

www.kiro7.com

 

[Bounceycat]

Did she file the day the girls were found? Maybe before it was announced?

It says it was filed June 3, and the girls were found on June 2.

 

[dotr]

 

[ttjo]

It definitely sounds like whatever starting manifesting occurred after he left the military. And that is not uncommon with PTSD. What they perceived would be a way to slow down in life and reduced stress, became more stressful.

I dont know if I understand correctly but I dont think leaving the military was his choice, I know he went from fulltime to part time,but was that because he didnt make the cut in ranger school?

Even good stress, new house, new community, more time with family can still be interpreted by the body as stress. I am sure income levels changed, the prescription and paternal life of the enlisted, the community and colleagues gone, pandemic isolation, did they suddenly have to home school, lack of employment, feeling like a failure etc...again his whole life changed...I am not sure they totally realized as a couple how much stress, grief, and loss this could cause. I also haven't read anywhere that it was total chaos all the time.

I dont think it was chaos all the time, I'm sure there were some good times. but as stressors built maybe the chaos got worse.
waking her up to yell at her, or to soak the bed would be chaos, his erratic and unpredictable outbursts would be chaos.
Im sure not making the rangers, might have turned into more chaos ( for others) ,
his coping skills or lack of would likely mean chaos( for others)
the kids were calling home crying over problems at the vists (something about him and the way he treated the dog?) ,
and puting them in situations where they know they are not suppsed to be ( sleeping at the barracks) and expecting them not to tell their mom, or expecting thm to keep secrets is chaos also.
its just enough already.
it is like walking on a floor made of eggshells.
Uggh, now Im even starting to be mad about it, so Im not even going to think about what a mess he was.
I am mad at the whole situation, how walking on eggshells can make someone afraid to speak up. She must have been scared to death, between her instincts and trying to maintain peace. I dont know if she was being nice cause she wanted to help him, I bet it was because she was scared to death of what would happen if she didnt.

Sounds like he was reaching out for a connection with someone, brother dad, and I don't know what happened with that. He hadn't spoken to his brother in years ( why?) , and the relationship with the pastor he talked to for hours a day ended abruptly. (why?)
Does he have a short fuse? Does he hold grudges? There's more info to be had before we can understand.
wonder what the bullying at work was about?
I understand how someone can only take so many hits before they cant take it anymore. I'm sure Whitney was his sounding board and without her it would have been difficult for him but that's no life for her either. He sounds like he was a ticking time bomb

 

[ttjo]

With heat seeking drones he should be the only one standing out like a sore thumb.

what about if the canopes of the trees are very dense, will they still be able to detect heat?

 

[Sillybilly]

Google map for Okanogon County (red dotted line)

Solid black line is Canada/US border.

Screenshot I took from above map to show (red square) where I project he could/would illegally cross the Canadian border, given his outdoor survival skills. Solid red line on left of the square is south of Hope, BC and solid red line on right of the square is Manning Park area.

Don't quote me, but a little bit of folklore about Hope, BC.

At one time had an exceptionally high rate of suicide, believed to be because people who had lost all hope thought they might find it there.