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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Chilling New Details on How Travis Decker's Daughters Died as Manhunt Continues | Crime Alert 6AM 08.20.25

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Still missing nearly three months after police found his three daughters dead in the woods, chilling new evidence confirms Travis Decker is the only suspect in the murders, and brings more focus to the little girls’ final moments. Suspicion continues to fall on the parents of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, the boy they say was abducted from a California parking lot. Drew Nelson reports.

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0:00.0

Crime alert, hourly update. Breaking Crime News now.

0:03.6

I'm Drew Nelson, still missing nearly three months after police found his three daughters dead in the woods.

0:09.0

Chilling new evidence confirms Travis Decker, the only suspect in their murders,

0:13.5

bringing more focus to the little girl's final moments.

0:16.5

The bodies of Peyton, Evelyn, and Olivia were found on June 2nd.

0:20.3

They were discovered near their

0:21.3

father's abandoned pickup at Rock Island Campground in Chelan County, Washington. New information

0:27.0

from the Sheriff's Office says two of the little girls each had two separate bags over their

0:31.8

heads, and the third victim had three separate bags over her head. The girls were nine, eight, and five years old.

0:39.4

Decker's DNA has been confirmed on all the plastic bags and on a zip tie. No one else's

0:45.0

DNA was present. The sheriff's office states, quote,

0:48.2

The completion of this DNA analysis provides additional evidence that indicates Travis Decker

0:53.0

is the only suspect involved in committing

0:55.4

these homicides. Decker has not been seen since May 30th. That day, he picked up his daughters

1:01.1

for a court-sanctioned scheduled visit. He'd been experiencing homelessness in the time leading up

1:06.3

to the disappearance. He was supposed to return the girls by 8 p.m. When he didn't, their mother

1:11.5

Whitney called the police. She said the exchange had gone smoothly, but noted he was, quote,

1:16.2

quieter than usual when he picked up the girls. A three-day search led to the discovery of the

1:21.1

girl's bodies. A bloody handprint on Decker's truck matched his DNA. Police believe he fled

1:26.7

into the wilderness. Decker is a U.S.

1:28.7

Army veteran who served from 2013 to 2021. He was deployed to Afghanistan and trained as a ranger.

1:35.3

He has survival skills and once lived off the grid for more than two months. Investigators found

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