Human remains found last week in Washington state were confirmed to belong Travis Decker — who was declared dead this week after a three-month manhunt for the father accused of killing his three daughters.
“He is deceased, our DNA results confirm that, and that brings a close to this case,” Chelan County Sheriff Morrison said during a Thursday night press conference.
Morrison said officials are “happy to bring a close to this dark chapter.”
The human remains were found in the Icicle River drainage in Chelan County in Washington on Sept. 18 — less than a mile from the scene of the disturbing crime.
The Chelan County Sheriff’s office said it found the body in a “remote wooded area south of the town of Leavenworth.” Officials initially believed it was Decker’s body because the clothes mat