(CNN) — Months after the bodies of three young sisters were found abandoned in the Washington state wilderness, authorities believe they’ve found the remains of the man accused of killing them: their father.

Human remains found this week in dense woods south of Leavenworth – just a few miles from the campground where the girls’ bodies were found – could spell the end of a manhunt that stretched deep into the remote wilderness and included false alarms across states where tipsters thought they had spotted Travis Decker.

“While positive identification has not yet been confirmed, preliminary findings suggest the remains belong to Travis Decker,” the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said in a Thursday statement.

Decker – an Army veteran skilled in wilderness survival – had been on the loose s

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