The search for accused murderer Travis Decker is now stretching into a fourth consecutive month, as police say remains found in the search efforts are ‘not human.’
Authorities have been searching for Decker since early June, when he went on the run after allegedly suffocating his daughters, Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, prior to a custody exchange with his ex-wife in Leavenworth, Washington.
There had been hope last week of a breakthrough in the case, when Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison announced that bones were discovered during the FBI’s extensive two-day search of the Rock Island Campground in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, where the girls’ bodies had been found.
But Morrison has since said federal authorities ‘just said it wasn’t Travis, wasn’t associated with any other cases, not human,’ the Seattle Times reports.
Still, Morrison said the update is a sign that authorities are making progress in the search efforts.
‘I think it just further shows that we’ve done a thorough search of the area,’ he said, adding that the sheriff’s office will now ‘continue to expand out and search additional areas when we have resources available.’
Another federal agency will be coming in this month to help out with those efforts, Morrison said, though he declined to specify which one.
Travis Decker went on the run in early June after allegedly suffocating his daughters, Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, before a custody exchange with his ex-wife in Washington
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