Here is a detailed timeline and cast of characters based on the provided sources:

Detailed Timeline

May 4, 2025:

• Travis Decker leaves the scene of a car crash. (PEOPLE Magazine)

May 26, 2025:

• Travis Decker conducts a series of Google searches including "how does a person move to canada," "how to relocate to canada," "jobs canada," and visits the official Canadian job website. (KIRO 7 News)

May 27, 2025:

• Travis Decker is involved in another car crash and receives traffic infractions after a police investigation. (PEOPLE Magazine)

May 30, 2025 (5:00 PM PDT):

• Travis Decker picks up his three daughters, Paityn (9), Evelyn (8), and Olivia (5), for a regularly scheduled court-ordered visitation. (Columbia Basin Herald, KIRO 7 News, Fox News, The Independent, PEOPLE Magazine)

• The girls are last seen with their father at this time. (The Independent)

• Travis Decker fails to return the girls to their mother, Whitney Decker, as part of their court-ordered visitation plan. Whitney Decker reports them missing to Wenatchee police. (Columbia Basin Herald, Fox News, The Independent, PEOPLE Magazine)

June 2, 2025:

• Travis Decker fails to show up to work; his boss notes recent mental health concerns. (PEOPLE Magazine)

• The bodies of Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia Decker are discovered at the Rock Island Campground in Leavenworth, on U.S. Forest Service land near Icicle River Road. They are found with plastic bags over their heads and zip ties on their wrists, asphyxiated to death. (Columbia Basin Herald, KIRO 7 News, Fox News, The Independent, PEOPLE Magazine)

• Decker's vehicle, a white 2017 GMC Sierra with WA license plate D20165C, is found at the scene, but he is not. (KIRO 7 News, The Independent)

• An endangered missing person alert is issued for the sisters. (PEOPLE Magazine)

• The East Cascade SWAT team is activated and begins searching for Travis Decker. (The Independent)

June 3, 2025:

• A Chelan County Superior Court judge issues a warrant for Travis Decker’s arrest for three counts of aggravated first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree kidnapping, with no bail until his first court appearance. This warrant carries nationwide extradition authority. (KIRO 7 News, The Independent, FOX 13 Seattle)

June 6, 2025:

• A federal arrest warrant is issued for Travis Caleb Decker, charging him with Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, in addition to the existing state charges. (KIRO 7 News)

• Whitney Decker's attorney, Arianna Cozart, speaks to PEOPLE about Travis's mental health struggles and the strain on his and Whitney's marriage. (PEOPLE Magazine)

June 10, 2025 (Second Week of Manhunt):

• The manhunt for Travis Decker enters its second week, with the FBI involved. (The Independent)

• Chelan officials suspect Decker is in the area of Ingalls Creek and Valley High. (The Independent)

June 13, 2025:

• PEOPLE Magazine publishes an article detailing Travis Decker's mental decline before the deaths of his daughters. (PEOPLE Magazine)

June 18, 2025:

• Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison states that authorities still consider Travis Decker alive and actively evading capture, nearly three weeks into the manhunt. (KING 5 News)

• Unconfirmed reports of Decker sightings extend to Texas, Canada, and England. (KING 5 News)

• FBI behavior analysts develop a psychological profile of Decker. (KING 5 News)

June 19, 2025:

• The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office releases new images showing how Travis Decker may have altered his appearance. (Columbia Basin Herald, Fox News)

• Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison debunks a fake TikTok video circulating that claimed Decker had been taken into custody after a long standoff. (Columbia Basin Herald, Fox News, KING 5 News)

• The manhunt is expected to shift toward a longer-term strategy, with the FBI and U.S. Marshals taking over primary operations in the long run. (KING 5 News)

June 20, 2025:

• Whitney Decker, the girls' mother, speaks publicly for the first time at a memorial service, expressing hope that the girls' legacy lives on. (Fox News, FOX 13 Seattle)

June 24, 2025 (Fourth Week of Manhunt):

• The manhunt for Travis Decker enters its fourth week. (Fox News, FOX 13 Seattle)

• The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office states there is "no certain evidence that Decker remains alive or in this area" but authorities continue searching. (Fox News)

• Authorities plan to deploy a cadaver dog this week, signaling a shift in search resources to recover Decker if he died in the wilderness. (Fox News)

• Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison maintains that he presumes Decker is alive and actively trying to flee. (FOX 13 Seattle)

Ongoing:

• The U.S. Marshals Service leads the extensive manhunt for Travis Decker. (Columbia Basin Herald, Fox News, FOX 13 Seattle)

• Multiple agencies, including U.S. Border Patrol, Washington National Guard, FBI, U.S. Forest Service, Homeland Security Investigations, National Parks, Spokane Police Department, Spokane County Sheriff's Office, King County Sheriff's Office, Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, and Kittitas County Sheriff's Office, are assisting in the search. (Columbia Basin Herald, Fox News, FOX 13 Seattle)

• A $20,000 reward is offered for information leading to Decker’s arrest. (Columbia Basin Herald, Fox News, The Independent, FOX 13 Seattle)

• Authorities warn that Decker is considered armed and dangerous, though no direct evidence suggests he is currently armed. (Columbia Basin Herald, Fox News, The Independent, FOX 13 Seattle)

• Campgrounds along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) are closed in the search area. (The Independent, Reddit)

Cast of Characters

Travis Caleb Decker:

• Bio: 32-year-old Wenatchee man, accused of kidnapping and murdering his three young daughters (Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia). He is the subject of an extensive manhunt and is considered armed and dangerous. Decker is a divorced father with a history of mental health issues, including a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, for which he was ordered to seek treatment and anger management counseling but had not. He has extensive military training, serving as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from March 2013 to July 2021, including a deployment to Afghanistan in 2014, and as an automatic rifleman with the 75th Ranger Regiment. He is described as a military-trained survivalist, experienced in long-distance movement, navigation, and off-the-grid living, having once lived off the land for over two months. He was homeless and living out of his car or motels/campsites prior to the alleged crimes. He is approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing 190 pounds, with black hair (ponytail style) and brown eyes.

Paityn Decker:

• Bio: Travis Decker's 9-year-old daughter, found dead alongside her sisters Evelyn and Olivia at the Rock Island Campground.

Evelyn Decker:

• Bio: Travis Decker's 8-year-old daughter, found dead alongside her sisters Paityn and Olivia at the Rock Island Campground.

Olivia Decker:

• Bio: Travis Decker's 5-year-old daughter, found dead alongside her sisters Paityn and Evelyn at the Rock Island Campground.

Whitney Decker:

• Bio: The mother of Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia, and Travis Decker's ex-wife. She reported the girls missing after Travis failed to return them following a court-ordered visitation. She had previously sought to modify their parenting plan due to Travis's declining mental health and homelessness, seeking to restrict overnight visits until he found stable housing.

Sheriff Mike Morrison:

• Bio: Sheriff of Chelan County, Washington. He has been a primary spokesperson for law enforcement during the manhunt, providing updates, debunking false information (like the TikTok video), and outlining the challenges and strategies of the search. He expresses profound impact from the tragedy on law enforcement and the community.

Deputy Keegan Stanley:

• Bio: A U.S. Marshals Service Deputy who filed the affidavit in U.S. District Court in Eastern Washington, charging Travis Decker with Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution and detailing the investigation, including Decker's Google searches related to moving to Canada.

Arianna Cozart:

• Bio: Attorney for Whitney Decker. She has spoken publicly about Travis Decker's mental health struggles and how she believes "the system" failed him.

Governor Bob Ferguson:

• Bio: Governor of Washington state. He activated the Washington National Guard to aid law enforcement in the search for Travis Decker and offered condolences to the victims' family.

Lt. Col. Ruth Castro:

• Bio: An Army spokesperson who provided details about Travis Decker's military service.

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