True Crime Society - The tragedy of the Decker sisters

WASHINGTON STATE – Paityn (9), Evelyn (8), and Olivia (5) Decker have been allegedly murdered by their father Travis Decker (32) throughout a court docket ordered custody go to.

The mom of the women is Whitney Decker.

Travis beforehand served within the army. Authorities have stated that he has ‘intensive coaching.’

The Washington Nationwide Guard confirmed that Travis served within the U.S. Military from 2013-2021 as an infantryman, in line with a Nationwide Guard spokesperson. Throughout his enlistment within the Military he deployed to Afghanistan.

In addition they confirmed that he has been pending a disciplinary discharge for not exhibiting as much as his month-to-month drills and the final drill he attended was roughly a yr in the past.

Based on Fox 13, Travis doubtless has superior infantry fight coaching.

A number of Fb and Instagram posts point out that Travis was an airborne paratrooper who earned his elite ‘Ranger’ tab – that means he has elite wilderness evasion and survival expertise. A special social media profile underneath his title claims he certified as an teacher on the US Military’s Nationwide Guard Warrior Coaching Middle at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Whitney filed for divorce in November 2022 – round 3 years earlier than the murders.

Primarily, Whitney stated there was no want for protecting or restraining orders. Whitney and Travis put preliminary parenting plans in place and people plans confirmed no allegations of abuse, neglect or emotional instability.

The divorce was finalized by March 2023 and Travis was granted alternating weekend custody.

By September 2024, issues to have shifted dramatically for Travis. That month, Whitney filed to change the custody settlement. She stated there had been a ‘substantial change’ in Travis’ scenario.

She listed him as a transient and expressed deep concern for his or her daughters’ emotional well-being, noting that “Travis simply retains getting an increasing number of unstable.”

Her filings included the next incidents:

In August 2023, Travis reportedly declined his scheduled weekend with the women and stated they “stroll on eggshells” round him.

In December 2023, Whitney stated Olivia known as her in misery, crying uncontrollably and unattended, after an accident within the armory health club the place they have been staying.

In July 2024, Travis allegedly hitchhiked to Whitney’s house and requested to remain in her basement, exhibiting up hours late for a pickup.

Whitney stated within the September submitting “He has made large sacrifices to serve our nation and loves his ladies very a lot, however he has received to get higher for our ladies. I don’t wish to maintain Travis from the women in any respect.”

“I don’t wish to maintain Travis from the women in any respect. On the contrary I’ve bent over backwards to facilitate that relationship. However I can not have our ladies staying in what is actually a homeless shelter, at instances unsupervised, with dozens of unusual males, or staying in a tent or dwelling in his truck with him each in excessive temperatures and unknown areas for his or her security,” Whitney stated.

Whitney alleged in court docket paperwork that Travis suffered from borderline character dysfunction and narcissism, and that he lived intermittently in an RV and on the Wenatchee armory with different males. She stated the women have been as soon as discovered sleeping on mattresses on the armory and that Travis had burst into her house uninvited, yelling for the youngsters.

“They’re all pleased, good, well-adjusted ladies excluding instances when Travis brings them again to me after his visitations,” she wrote.

Whitney requested the court docket to intervene and requested a psych analysis and counseling mandates for Travis. The court docket agreed, citing neglect and emotional instability as limiting elements, and revised his visitation rights to day visits solely.

Travis didn’t adjust to court docket orders for evaluations and he didn’t attend counselling.

The sisters all attended Lincoln Elementary College within the Wenatchee College District. Paityn was in third grade, Evelyn in second grade, and Olivia was in kindergarten.

On the time of the murders, Travis was permitted to see them each different week on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The visits have been to happen within the Wenatchee Valley and never allowed to be in a single day.

The ladies have been with Travis on Friday Could 30 for a scheduled go to. He didn’t return them as deliberate after just a few hours and Whitney grew to become anxious.

When Whitney known as police, she stated that the divorce had turn into extra risky as Travis had misplaced steady housing. She additionally stated that she was anxious that he was not taking his treatment as prescribed.

Whitney did inform police the women had a “good relationship with Travis and loved their time with him.” She stated Travis had by no means did not return the youngsters earlier than, in line with the affidavit.

Whitney stated the handoff Friday “occurred with out points” however that Travis was quieter than normal. She talked about a latest site visitors ticket had been a monetary burden for him, together with garnished wages attributable to youngster help, and he has been speaking about eliminating his canine.

She stated that the women had no provides with them for an prolonged go to. Court docket information indicated concern that their prolonged absence posed “substantial threat of sickness or bodily damage.”

Whitney made this put up on social media:

The Wenatchee PD made an attraction relating to the women. It appears based mostly on this and the truth that Whitney reported them lacking round 8pm, that the go to was solely meant to final for just a few hours?

The Wenatchee Police Division is asking for help in finding three juvenile females believed to be lacking and unable to return house on their very own. All three have been final seen round 5pm on Friday Could 30, 2025, as they left their house with the daddy for his or her deliberate visitation. They haven’t returned and make contact with can’t be made with the daddy.

The daddy, Travis Decker, is homeless and dwelling in his car or at numerous accommodations/motels or at campgrounds within the space. The visitation was a part of a parenting plan, however he has since gone exterior the parameters of it which isn’t regular and trigger for the alarm.

The present investigation has not met AMBER Alert standards, however the scenario being monitored carefully. Nonetheless, an Endangered Lacking Particular person Alert (EMPA) has been issued via the Washington State Patrol.

It was introduced on Monday Could 2, that the EMPA had been cancelled. No different data was made public till Tuesday June 3. Authorities revealed that the women have been discovered useless in a campground within the Okanogan-Wenatchee Nationwide Forest.

The ladies have been discovered after a deputy noticed Travis’ truck close to the campground off Icicle Street. They searched the realm and located the our bodies of the women 75-100 yards (round 70 metres) from the truck.

The ladies died of asphyxiation, in line with a possible trigger affidavit filed on Tuesday 3 June, 2025.

The tailgate of the truck appeared to have two handprints of blood, the affidavit acknowledged. Cellphone information confirmed Travis’ telephone was within the space Saturday, in line with the court docket paperwork.

Travis has been charged on three counts of first-degree homicide and first-degree kidnapping. He was charged Monday in Chelan County Superior Court docket with three counts of first-degree custodial interference.

Travis has not been positioned as of the night of three June, 2025.

He’s described as 5 toes, 8 inches tall, weighing 190 kilos, with black hair and brown eyes. He was final seen sporting a light-colored shirt and darkish shorts.

Please name 911 in case you see Travis.