SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. — The King County Sheriff’s Office received a report Friday evening regarding a possible Travis Decker sighting on the Pacific Crest Trail near Snoqualmie Pass.
KOMO News sent a reporter to the site where multiple agencies were searching and saw drones, K9 teams, and the KCSO’s Guardian One helicopter combing the mountains in the area.
On 8-1-25 at about 1800 hours, the King County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from a community member who believes they saw Travis Decker near the Snoqualmie pass and Pacific Crest Trail,” wrote the KCSO in response to a KOMO News inquiry. “As locating Decker is a priority, KCSO dispatched multiple patrol units along with TAC-30, K-9 Units, and Guardian 1 to aid in the search. Neighboring Law Enforcement agencies were notified as well. This is still an active scene, and information will be provided when available.
A week ago, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said that a decrease in leads and tips regarding Decker’s whereabouts has led to a “reduced footprint from CCSO and other LE Agencies in the search.”
In that same press release, the CCSO said detectives are still assessing evidence and searching for new investigative leads.
Law enforcement personnel, along with search and rescue organizations, have conducted an exhaustive search for Mr. Decker in the wilderness area surrounding the initial crime scene,” wrote the CCSO. “Information and leads received have been followed up on in several different areas, with the focus remaining on the Blewett Pass and Enhancements area between Chelan and Kittitas Counties.
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The CCSO continued to note that potential evidence and intel that was gathered in Chelan County was deemed inconclusive.
BACKGROUND
Local and federal law enforcement have searched for the 32-year-old father from the air and on the ground after the bodies of his daughters, 5-year-old Olivia Decker, 8-year-old Evelyn Decker, and 9-year-old Paityn Decker, were discovered at a campground near Leavenworth on June 2. The girls were first reported missing on May 30 after Decker failed to return them to their mother as part of their court-ordered visitation plan.
The Chelan County medical examiner determined the girls’ cause of death was suffocation, and the manner of death was homicide.
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The bodies of all three girls were found about 75 to 100 yards away from where Decker’s vehicle was found at the Rock Island Campground near Leavenworth. Court documents say investigators found zip ties and plastic bags scattered throughout the area. The girls’ wrists were zip-tied, or appeared to have been zip-tied, and each had a bag over their head.
On July, 1, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said a bloody fingerprint on the tailgate of the truck found at the campground where the bodies of Decker’s three daughters were discovered match the DNA profile investigators believe is Travis Decker’s.
DNA samples from items believed to be Decker’s, taken from the scene near the Rock Island campground on June 2, were analyzed by the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab. The sheriff’s office confirmed on July 15 the DNA samples from those items matched the DNA from the blood samples on the truck’s tailgate.
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Decker is charged with three counts of murder and kidnapping. Federal prosecutors also charged Decker with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Court documents obtained by KOMO News say Decker Google searched “how does a person move to Canada,” “how to relocate to Canada,” and “jobs Canada” in the days before he kidnapped his daughters.
Since the crime, local, state, and federal resources have scoured Chelan and Kittitas counties.
Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) said dozens of agencies and organizations, hundreds of people, and thousands of hours have been put into the search. KCSO officials also said there is no proof Deck is alive.
Decker was an infantryman in the Army from March 2013 to July 2021 and deployed to Afghanistan for four months in 2014. He has training in navigation, survival, and other skills, authorities have said, and he once spent more than two months living in the backwoods off the grid.
A reward of up to $20,000 is being offered for information leading directly to Decker’s arrest.
