A brand new wished poster has been launched within the hunt for fugitive dad Travis Decker because the frantic seek for the ex-soldier suspected of murdering his three younger daughters stretched into its third week.
Authorities blasted out three pictures late Tuesday to indicate how the 32-year-old father “doubtlessly may have altered his look” whereas on the run.
The digitally altered photographs present Decker — who authorities warn is “armed and harmful” — along with his typical lengthy hair, in addition to ones the place he’s sporting a shaved head and nil facial hair.
Giant-scale search crews have been scouring distant areas of Washington state since Decker did not return his ladies to his ex-wife after a Might 30 custody go to.
The three sisters — Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5 — had been discovered useless at a Wenatchee campground three days later.
In its newest replace, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Workplace warned Decker was nonetheless at giant – regardless of a viral TikTok video claiming he’d been nabbed following a standoff.
“Our workplace was notified of a TikTok video that was launched which portrays Sheriff Morrison and claims Mr Decker has been taken into custody after an extended standoff,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
“To be clear, Mr Decker will not be in custody and CCSO had no half in making the video.”
The clip, which appeared to indicate a dramatized portrayal of Sheriff Mike Morrison, began spreading on social media over the weekend.
In the meantime, authorities mentioned investigators had been persevering with to course of proof gathered on the scene.
Regulation enforcement from a number of companies, together with the Washington Military Nationwide Guard, had been additionally nonetheless looking across the clock — by way of air and on the bottom — for any indicators of Decker, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The US Marshals Service is providing a reward of as much as $20,000 for data resulting in his seize.
