WENATCHEE, Wash. — Whitney Decker, the mother of three Wenatchee girls whose bodies were found on Monday, is calling for reforms to the state’s AMBER Alert system.

“It’s very important to Whitney to get that fixed,” said Arianna Cozart, the Wenatchee lawyer who represented Decker in the three-year-old custody case against her ex-husband Travis Decker.

Cozart said her client believes an AMBER Alert issued in the critical hours and days after her ex-husband failed to return the children Friday night could have made a difference.

Cozart said Wenatchee police recognized the dire situation caused by Travis Decker’s declining mental state, his failure to return the girls from a visitation Friday night, and Decker’s failure to answer his phone. However, police could not convince the Washing

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