Has Travis Decker died to death in the desert? Sheriff says infection from injury is possible (exclusive)

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• More than a month after

• The US Army veteran has disappeared since he took his three daughters 9 -year -old Pityn, 8 -year -old Evelyn, 8 -year -old Olivia, 5 May 30. Wenatchee, Wash.

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Continuing the search for Travis Decker more than a month after suspected murder disappeared, local sheriff has a new theory of what could have happened to him.

Decker, a 32 -year -old US Army veteran, has not been seen since picking up his three daughters, 9 -year -old Evelyn, 8 -year -old Evelyn and 5 -year -old Olivia, for three hours a court -approved visit to Wenatchee, Washe., May 30. He later never returned the girls to his mother, Whitney Decker, who reported their daughter disappearing to the police later that later on four searches.

However, June 2 The girls were found as captured near the Travis abandoned pickup truck at a remote Rock Island campsite – not found with their father. He is sought for first -degree murder and abduction.

At the scene, the investigators regained blood at the scene and on the travis truck, which was in line with the DNA profile, which they thought were a father, Chelan County Sheriff’s Office, Tuesday, July 1, also found at the scene, his wallet, cell phone and husky.

Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison tells people to people that researchers believe that a “fingerprint” found in the truck is due to an injury, although the severity of this injury remains unclear.

When it comes to whether the Decker is still alive, Morrison says, “I would probably imagine if he had died, it would have been a fall; the injury could be infected by the time he caused it, you know, a few other problems or he drowned.”

He adds, “There are, of course, many opportunities, and if we find him dead, of course we will make all the autopsy to him to receive the cause of his death.”

It is believed that Travis noticed another hiker on June 10. Or the 97 of the 10th Highway, but since then, the researchers suspected that he was no longer alive in the area. The authorities described him as a former soldier who learns survival skills.

Earlier, the authorities said that they thought Travis could have escaped on foot and tried to move to Canada because he allegedly searched for “how to move to Canada” online, according to a statement of the US Marshal’s service that people receive.

Search teams used dogs of human remains, as well as looking for nearby mountain areas and water bodies.

“I know we have heard some accusations that we may want to do harm to him,” says Sheriff Morrison. “I like:” Yes, not we, in Washington, we do law enforcement. “We make sure it will be safe and take care of it.

During June 26 BanfieldWhitney’s lawyer said the grief mother hopes that the travis would be found, “Dead or alive.”

“It’s a huge, huge thing she wants,” said lawyer Arianna Cozart. “It’s very important, it is very important for her to be able to calm.”

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