Found Deceased WA - Olivia 5, Evelyn 8 & Paityn Decker 9, found dead, manhunt on for father, Travis Decker 32, wh 2017 GMC Sierra PU, Wenatchee, 30 May 2025 #2

[Trino]

Posted this previously, but it shows someone can do the same and escape.

Robert Fisher is an American fugitive wanted for allegedly killing his family and blowing up his family house in Scottsdale, Arizona, April 10, 2001. He would be in his 60's if still alive. His wife was shot in the back of the head, and children, Brittney and Bobby's throats were slashed. Robert Fisher and wife's car, were absent. Car discovered in a forest near Young, Arizona. Case never solved. Only suspect. Lots of theories.

 

[waitin'4thewrld2chg]

Here is a four-minute interview with Chelan County sheriff Mike Morrison, dated yesterday. In the video, the idea of TD receiving help from a person/s to stay hidden is discussed.

Morrison: "....but we're still taking into consideration there's a possibility he's out there, and if that's the case, someone's assisting him".

I'm not sure that can be stated flatly, but it is an interesting notion. Morrison does say at the outset that the idea of TD having help to stay hidden is "a working theory", so that must be where he's coming from in making the flat statement.

Maybe if we extended the meaning of assistance to include the pilfering of items and foodstuffs from others, that could bring us closer to the idea that Travis would likely not be going it totally alone if he's still among the living at this point. I think the mention of someone assisting him, however, probably relates more to the wackadoodle types who across time have occasionally allied themselves with a person on the run, for whatever reason. Within the scope of 'stranger things have happened'---and much as it stretches the imagination---Travis, if still alive, could be getting help.

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[Lalalacasbah]

Here is a four-minute interview with Chelan County sheriff Mike Morrison, dated yesterday. In the video, the idea of TD receiving help from a person/s to stay hidden is discussed.

Morrison: "....but we're still taking into consideration there's a possibility he's out there, and if that's the case, someone's assisting him".

I'm not sure that can be stated flatly, but it is an interesting notion. Morrison does say at the outset that the idea of TD having help to stay hidden is "a working theory", so that must be where he's coming from in making the flat statement.

Maybe if we extended the meaning of assistance to include the pilfering of items and food stuffs from others, that could bring us closer to the idea that Travis would likely not be going it totally alone if he's still among the living at this point. I think the mention of someone assisting him, however, probably relates more to the wackadoodle types who across time have occasionally allied themselves with a person on the run, for whatever reason. Within the scope of 'stranger things have happened'---and much as it stretches the imagination---Travis, if still alive, could be getting help.

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Hhhmmm.... Interesting that they'd mention that actually. I think they said that on purpose.

Nothing is organic with a press release or interview with LE (IMHO). I feel like they discuss EXACTLY what and how much info they let out to the public.

I think they are putting this out there, to let "them" know they know this to maybe make someone nervous or spook them.

It'll be intersting to see if anything changes in the next while.

 

[Lalalacasbah]

If he is there , he's about 50 miles to Seattle. It runs South to North

copied and pasted.
The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail stretching 2,650 miles (4,265 km) along the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges in the western United States. It runs from the border of Mexico to the border of Canada, closely following the crest of these mountain ranges.
If you want to get an idea of the location I attached a picture of the area.
If he's brazen enough , he can hitch a ride off of 90. But if he's made it that far , he can probably get wherever he wants.
Hopefully he gets caught real soon , although I still think he's a dead man somewhere . I hope I'm wrong !!View attachment 605675

Scary. If he can get to the shorline/Seattle. Too easy to get on a boat or ferry to US or Canadian Gulf Islands or Canada (where I am on a west coast island).

Might be harder to enter Canada, but if on a boat... he could go anywhere once he reaches that ocean.

 

[waitin'4thewrld2chg]

Hhhmmm.... Interesting that they'd mention that actually. I think they said that on purpose.

Nothing is organic with a press release or interview with LE (IMHO). I feel like they discuss EXACTLY what and how much info they let out to the public.

I think they are putting this out there, to let "them" know they know this to maybe make someone nervous or spook them.

It'll be intersting to see if anything changes in the next while.

Could be! Could have been a very intentional remark. What you say seems plausible.

What had crossed my mind was something a little different....that LE might know or highly suspect someone is helping Travis but the sheriff didn't mean to show his hand. However, Morrison did include the warning of a punishment for anyone assisting (and he did know the main topic of the interview going in, I expect---maybe even suggested it), so your take on the whole thing sounds good to me! If anything is going on, hopefully time will tell.

ETA: And the interviewer starts out with, "So why are you so convinced that Decker probably has help out there?"

 

[Lalalacasbah]

Could be! Could have been a very intentional remark. What you say seems plausible.

What had crossed my mind was something a little different....that LE might know or highly suspect someone is helping Travis but the sheriff didn't mean to show his hand. However, Morrison did include the warning of a punishment for anyone assisting (and he did know the main topic of the interview going in, I expect---maybe even suggested it), so your take on the whole thing sounds good to me! If anything is going on, hopefully time will tell.

Yes! Good observation about the punishment for anyone assisting. Could very well be a warning.

If that is a warning, hypothetically, I have to wonder if LE think that if someone is helping him they are aware he's wanted. So not an oblivious person who doesn't recognize him or hasn't watched the news sort of thing.

For sure, time will tell.

 

[starlightstarbright]

A thought that crossed my mind is a friend or family member helping him who now feels too afraid or worried about him to speak up. Keeping in mind it was 3 days before they started looking for him. Any of us would go help a friend or family member who called and said they were having car trouble and needed a lift somewhere. What if they helped him out and it put a few hundred miles distance between the girls and him? It wouldn’t have seemed suspicious at all at the time.

Then the news broke and this friend or family member either felt too panicked to say what they did, assumed he’d be caught anyway and just thought they’d keep out of it, or they are sympathetic to him in some way, as a vet, as a dad, see him as someone who shouldn’t be blamed for his mental health struggles. Not so much that they are hiding him out in their basement, but that someone helped along the way and that help is the missing link to why he has been found yet.

Lots of guys with mental health struggles who look not unlike him on the streets in San Francisco or LA or most other big cities. He would just blend in. JMO

 

[Seattle1]

Here is a four-minute interview with Chelan County sheriff Mike Morrison, dated yesterday. In the video, the idea of TD receiving help from a person/s to stay hidden is discussed.

Morrison: "....but we're still taking into consideration there's a possibility he's out there, and if that's the case, someone's assisting him".

I'm not sure that can be stated flatly, but it is an interesting notion. Morrison does say at the outset that the idea of TD having help to stay hidden is "a working theory", so that must be where he's coming from in making the flat statement.

Maybe if we extended the meaning of assistance to include the pilfering of items and foodstuffs from others, that could bring us closer to the idea that Travis would likely not be going it totally alone if he's still among the living at this point. I think the mention of someone assisting him, however, probably relates more to the wackadoodle types who across time have occasionally allied themselves with a person on the run, for whatever reason. Within the scope of 'stranger things have happened'---and much as it stretches the imagination---Travis, if still alive, could be getting help.

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I can attest that Sheriff Morrison was personally in the water with Swift-Water Rescue Team (SWRT) on Thursday. IMO, Decker's been in the water all along.

 

[AngTxGal]

Hhhmmm.... Interesting that they'd mention that actually. I think they said that on purpose.

Nothing is organic with a press release or interview with LE (IMHO). I feel like they discuss EXACTLY what and how much info they let out to the public.

I think they are putting this out there, to let "them" know they know this to maybe make someone nervous or spook them.

It'll be intersting to see if anything changes in the next while.

Agree, an interesting statement and must be calculated. It seems always a cat and mouse game.

If that statement is meant for TD, it may be a challenge or boost to his ego for him to be told LE thinks he isn’t capable of doing what he is doing alone- he must be getting help.

If he cares about that poke- he may respond in some way by indicating he is not receiving help.
Or he may take it as a boost- he isn’t getting help and they think he should be.

Not quite sure how the psychology would play out, or their intentions.

Such a statement is certainly a warning to those who may be helping. Of course if he is stealing then they are not intentionally.
If he has tech access- are there marked emergency caches for hikers?
Is there a network of thru-hikers that could be accidentally helping him by replenishing caches?

IMO

 

[Trino]

This man killed children, and someone is helping hide him? What a society we live in.

 

[Trino]

Scary. If he can get to the shorline/Seattle. Too easy to get on a boat or ferry to US or Canadian Gulf Islands or Canada (where I am on a west coast island).

Might be harder to enter Canada, but if on a boat... he could go anywhere once he reaches that ocean.

Not "could go" but "could have gone."

 

[nao]

Moo... financially he was having a rough time. So his transit options would be very limited....moo

 

[Twistinginthewind]

Moo... financially he was having a rough time. So his transit options would be very limited....moo

True dat, unless he was "playing poor"? And had been stocking up for such an exit from society for awhile?

IIRC, he was living in a state east of WA after their divorce in the year or so previous to his return to WA & thwarted attempts to "reconcile" with his ex wife, in a newish (?) RV that was repossessed (links upthread by OP) because presumably he squatted as long as he could but had the $ to "throw away" on the deposit, like $5 or 10 grand, again, IIRC.

So, my hinky meter kind of point being, what if he does have $ stashed away &/or the help financially from "others" he was in cahoots with that was well financed for him to go off grid?

Cue the recent innuendos from LE regarding some one(s) possibly helping/hiding him -- warnings about "aiding & abetting" being illegal & unlawful, that kind of thing...

JMM (just my musings), holding out hope, sincerely, for some kind of break in this case and justice for Whitney's daughters, and not willing to get dispirited that it's been longish days since there's been any news on his imminent capture.

 

[FromGermany1]

A timeline

Travis Decker timeline: How an 'active dad' ended up allegedly murdering his 3 daughters

It's been nearly two months since Travis Decker went on the run after allegedly killing his three young daughters in Washington state. Here's a timeline of what we know.

abcnews.go.com

 

[girlhasnoname]

I can attest that Sheriff Morrison was personally in the water with Swift-Water Rescue Team (SWRT) on Thursday. IMO, Decker's been in the water all along.

I truly hope so. We won't have to go through a 'poor me' trial blaming everyone but himself.

JMO

 

[sasha17]

I just spent a few days in the Wenatchee River off Icicle Road and in Icicle Creek. The water is really low now (as it usually is at this point in the summer). I feel like if there was anything in that water, it would have washed up by now and be visible to water search teams.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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[waitin'4thewrld2chg]

Rushing out of the house and not sure what this means, but here's a new article from today.

Judge holds back release of Wenatchee police records in Decker case

WENATCHEE — A Chelan County judge has ordered Wenatchee police not to release certain records to media and the public in the Travis Decker murder case.

www.ncwlife.com

 

[Gemmie]

Rushing out of the house and not sure what this means, but here's a new article from today.

Judge holds back release of Wenatchee police records in Decker case

WENATCHEE — A Chelan County judge has ordered Wenatchee police not to release certain records to media and the public in the Travis Decker murder case.

www.ncwlife.com

Two things from your article stood out to me that I can't make sense of. Jane Doe is the mother.

How would graphic images of the children's deceased bodies, or graphic details about their deaths, and LE's investigation, put the mother's life and physical safety in grave danger? Would it be that people would get angry at the details, and blame the mother for allowing him to take the children for a visit? Or could it be something else?

1) the records could contain sensitive personal information related to "Jane Doe," as well as "obscene or graphic images of the children's deceased bodies; obscene or graphic details and information about the children's deaths and/or cause(s) of death; and /or other information regarding law enforcement's active investigation."

2) "... Disclosure of these exempt public records would put Ms. Doe's life and physical safety in grave danger," the lawyers wrote.

 

[Charlot123]

Two things from your article stood out to me that I can't make sense of. Jane Doe is the mother.

How would graphic images of the children's deceased bodies, or graphic details about their deaths, and LE's investigation, put the mother's life and physical safety in grave danger? Would it be that people would get angry at the details, and blame the mother for allowing him to take the children for a visit? Or could it be something else?

1) the records could contain sensitive personal information related to "Jane Doe," as well as "obscene or graphic images of the children's deceased bodies; obscene or graphic details and information about the children's deaths and/or cause(s) of death; and /or other information regarding law enforcement's active investigation."

2) "... Disclosure of these exempt public records would put Ms. Doe's life and physical safety in grave danger," the lawyers wrote.

I’d just assume, some people are angry, jealous and rush to conclusions. If the judge thinks it makes sense, it does.