Timeline of Main Events

• May 4, 2025: Travis Decker was involved in a car crash and left the scene. No damage was done to the other vehicle, and the other driver declined a police follow-up.

• May 27, 2025: Travis Decker was involved in another car crash, resulting in traffic infractions after a police investigation. He had also recently been cited for driving without insurance.

• May 30, 2025 (Friday): Travis Decker took his three daughters – Paityn (9), Evelyn (8), and Olivia (5) – for a scheduled visitation. He was ordered to return them by the evening as per a parenting plan, which limited his visitation to eight hours every other weekend and three hours on Fridays, with no overnight stays and visits only in the Wenatchee Valley. He never returned the girls. Whitney Decker, the girls' mother and Travis's ex-wife, reported them missing to Wenatchee police after he didn't bring them back and didn't answer his phone. An endangered missing person alert was issued for the sisters.

• June 2, 2025 (Monday):Travis Decker failed to show up for work, and his boss noted "recent mental health concerns."

• The bodies of Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia Decker were found off Icicle Road near the Rock Island campground west of Leavenworth, Washington. They were discovered near Travis Decker's abandoned truck in the Teanaway area of Kittitas County.

• Police stated the children were found with plastic bags over their heads and their hands bound.

• The Chelan County medical examiner determined the official cause of death for the girls to be suffocation, and the manner of death was homicide.

• A multi-agency search for Travis Decker began.

• June 5, 2025: The manhunt for Travis Decker entered its fifth day. Authorities revealed that Decker is a military-trained survivalist capable of living off the grid. Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison mentioned a shirt being spotted in Icicle Creek near where the girls were found. A $20,000 reward was offered for information leading to his arrest.

• June 6, 2025: Snohomish County Sheriff's Office deputies participated in the search for Travis Decker.

• June 9, 2025: The Chelan County Sheriff's Office released an update on the search for Travis Decker and the investigation into his daughters' deaths. The search was temporarily handed over to federal agencies to allow local agencies to rest. The Enchantments, previously closed for the search, reopened. Cellphone data indicated Decker might be along the Pacific Crest Trail.

• June 11, 2025: Law enforcement officials announced a shift in tactics for the search, with reduced active local police search teams but intensifying the overall investigation. U.S. Marshals began assisting with a "rapidly advancing manhunt program." Authorities were also focusing resources on building a criminal case for prosecution. Chief Deputy Brown of the U.S. Marshals stated national and international resources (including Australia and Portugal) were contributing. A "lone hiker" sighting near Eagle Creek "sparked interest."

• June 13, 2025: More details emerged about Travis Decker's declining mental health, as outlined in court documents. The parenting plan from September 2024, limiting his visitation, was highlighted. Whitney Decker had claimed Travis neglected parental duties and had a long-term emotional or physical problem, and had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. He was ordered to seek mental health treatment and anger management counseling but had not.

• June 17, 2025:Authorities continued active search and investigative efforts for Travis Decker, with coordinated operations across Chelan and Kittitas counties involving local, state, and federal agencies, including the Washington Army National Guard and U.S. Marshals Service.

• Digitally altered photos of Travis Decker, showing potential changes in appearance, were released to aid public identification.

• A false TikTok claim about the case was debunked.

• June 18, 2025: Kittitas County Sheriff's Office Inspector Chris Whitsett drew parallels between the Travis Decker manhunt and a similar three-week manhunt in 2020 in the same wilderness terrain, emphasizing the need for persistence, overcoming communication difficulties, and the importance of public vigilance.

• June 19, 2025: The manhunt for Travis Decker entered its third week, with search efforts focused on the Teanaway Valley and Blewett Pass areas.

• June 20, 2025 (Friday):A public memorial service for Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia Decker was scheduled for 7 p.m. at Rocky Reach Park in Wenatchee.

• The GoFundMe for Whitney Decker reached over $1.2 million, nearing its $1.4 million goal.

• June 21, 2025: The manhunt for Travis Decker entered its fourth week. The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office issued an update, affirming ongoing daily work with Chelan County Sheriff’s Office and other partners. Decker's truck was found in the Teanaway area, and the search focused on Ingalls Creek and Valley High regions.

Cast of Characters

• Travis Decker: The 32-year-old father accused of murdering his three daughters, Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia. He is a military veteran with extensive wilderness survival skills and has been the subject of an intense multi-agency manhunt since May 30, 2025. He was reportedly struggling with mental health issues, including a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, and had failed to comply with court orders for mental health treatment and anger management counseling. He is considered armed and dangerous.

• Paityn Decker: Travis Decker's 9-year-old daughter, who was murdered by suffocation.

• Evelyn Decker: Travis Decker's 8-year-old daughter, who was murdered by suffocation.

• Olivia Decker: Travis Decker's 5-year-old daughter, who was murdered by suffocation.

• Whitney Decker: Travis Decker's ex-wife and the mother of Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia. She reported the girls missing after Travis failed to return them from a scheduled visitation. She expressed concerns about Travis's mental health struggles and his compliance with their parenting plan. A GoFundMe was set up for her, raising over $1.2 million.

• Sheriff Mike Morrison: The Chelan County Sheriff, who provided updates on the search for Travis Decker and the investigation into the girls' deaths. He emphasized Decker's survival skills and the challenges of the terrain.

• Chief Deputy Brown: A representative from the U.S. Marshals, who stated that national and international resources are assisting in the manhunt for Travis Decker.

• Arianna Cozart: Whitney Decker's attorney. She spoke to PEOPLE about Travis's mental health struggles and Whitney's desire for improvements to the Amber Alert system and mental health resources for veterans.

• Chris Whitsett: Inspector with the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office. He discussed the complexities of the manhunt, drawing parallels to a previous long-term manhunt in the same Washington wilderness and highlighting lessons learned.

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