PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The search is on for a father suspected of murder after his three young daughters were found dead in central Washington.

Authorities asked the public Tuesday for help finding Travis Decker, 32, who is wanted for three counts of murder and kidnapping, according to police in Wenatchee, about 100 miles east of Seattle.

Police said it was unknown whether Decker, a former Army soldier with “extensive training,” was armed.

The girls' mother called police on Friday to report them missing, saying they hadn't returned from a custodial visit with Decker. The mother told police that Decker had picked up the girls — Olivia, 5; Evelyn, 8, and Paityn, 9 — around 5 p.m. but had not returned them by 8 p.m., court documents said. Calls to his phone also went straight to voicemail

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