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(NewsNation) — The FBI provided an update connected the hunt for alleged slayer Travis Decker, stating they person nary grounds to reason helium is live oregon dead.
For astir 3 months, the FBI and the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office person been searching for Decker, who is alleged to person killed his three young daughters: Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and Olivia Decker, 5.
Their bodies were recovered adjacent the fashionable Rock Island campground successful Leavenworth connected June 2. The hunt has been ongoing for Decker, with Sheriff Mike Morrison admitting it has been frustrating, but the agency, U.S. Marshals and his bureau person not fixed up.
FBI starring hunt of campground
In an bid shared by the Forest Service, the campground wherever the girls were killed volition beryllium closed Sunday, Aug. 24, until Wednesday, Aug. 27, astatine 6 a.m. section time.
The campground volition beryllium searched for 2 much days, canvassing a quarter-mile radius astir the campsite, according to Morrison.
It has already been searched, but authorities are combing done the country successful an effort to summation further accusation connected Decker's whereabouts.
It comes days aft DNA matching Decker and his 3 daughters were the lone profiles recovered astatine the country of the girls' deaths.
Analysis from the Washington State Crime Lab recovered Decker’s and his daughters' DNA on objects utilized successful the killings.
Sheriff Morrison wants justice
"We privation to bring closure, we privation to bring answers. We recognize the frustration; we're feeling it arsenic well," Morrison said.
"We would emotion to person Travis Decker successful custody, lasting successful beforehand of a judge," helium added.
Morrison noted the Rock Island campground is the superior country of absorption fixed the determination of the killings and behavioral analysis.
"It's going to instrumentality america immoderate time, and we're going to proceed to bash a thorough hunt and proceed to grow retired astir the archetypal transgression country and marque definite we didn't miss anything," helium said.
"I judge we did a thorough hunt initially, but erstwhile we travel backmost with caller technology, much resources, much personnel, that allows america to amended papers what we person covered for aboriginal investigations," helium added.
