SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST, Idaho (Scripps News Boise) — Following a possible sighting of Travis Decker, who is wanted in connection with the murders of his three young daughters in Washington state, U.S. Marshals have confirmed the person spotted was not the suspect.
This undated photo provided by the Wenatchee Police Department shows Travis Caleb Decker, who is wanted for murder after his three young daughters were reported missing and then found dead. (Wenatchee Police Department via AP)
Over the Fourth of July weekend, the agency received a tip about a possible Decker sighting in the Sawtooth National Forest. A second, unrelated tip soon corroborated the initial report. On Wednesday, however, the U.S. Marshals Service Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force announced they had located the man who was reported and verified it was not Decker.
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“The hiker who is the same height and roughly the same weight as Decker, also has dark features, a beard, and tattoos on his arm and calf,” explained the U.S. Marshals Service in a press release. Officials say that the man was cooperative and confirmed that he had been hiking in the Bear Creek area the previous weekend.
Law enforcement has now called off the search for Decker in the Sawtooth National Forest.
This story was originally published by Kate Jacobson at Scripps News Boise, an E.W. Scripps Company.
