Here's When Mom of 3 Sisters Allegedly Killed by Dad Knew Something Was Wrong

The lawyer for nan mother of nan three sisters who were allegedly murdered by their now-missing begetter successful Washington authorities is speaking retired astir nan tragedy. 

Paityn Decker, 9, Evelyn Decker, 8, and Olivia Decker, 5, were found dead connected Monday, June 2, adjacent nan Rock Island Campground successful Chelan County, wherever their father's pickup motortruck was besides recovered, Wenatchee constabulary antecedently said. However, Travis Decker was not astatine nan scene.

The sisters were reported missing connected Friday, May 30 aft they had not returned connected clip from a “planned visitation” with 32-year-old Decker, constabulary said.

“As soon arsenic he didn’t bring those girls backmost astatine 8 o’clock, she knew thing was going on," Arianna Cozart, an lawyer for Whitney Decker, nan girls' mother, told The Seattle Times successful an question and reply published connected Thursday, June 5.

According to tribunal documents obtained by KIRO 7 News, Whitney had revenge a petition of divorcement connected Nov. 14, 2022 successful Chelan County tribunal and did not mention immoderate concerns for abandonment aliases neglect of their children.

According to allegations in a September 2024 filing from Whitney regarding nan parenting schedule, Decker had "neglected his parental duties towards a child" and "has a semipermanent affectional aliases beingness problem that gets successful nan measurement of his expertise to parent," nan outlet reported.

Whitney besides allegedly asked that Decker beryllium evaluated for "anger management/domestic violence, and a afloat psychiatric information by a licensed psychiatrist to see immoderate imaginable diagnoses," nan outlet stated, arsenic good arsenic wanting him to person counseling sessions astatine slightest doubly a month, per nan documents cited by KIRO 7.

Cozart told nan outlet that Travis' allegedly declining intelligence wellness should person been concerning capable to rumor an an Amber Alert but Washington State Patrol instead issued an endangered missing personification alert, which doesn't nonstop cellphone alerts.

"We whitethorn ne'er cognize if it could’ve meant nan quality betwixt life and decease for those girls … but it could’ve made a immense difference,” Cozart told nan Times. The lawyer besides stated that Travis, who has past subject experience, was seeking intelligence wellness attraction but was incapable to get it.

“Whitney believes, arsenic I do, that thing collapsed wrong of him,” Cozart said, per nan outlet. She says they fishy he had immoderate benignant of break and "everything that he had been surviving with, everything that had been bottled up wrong of him for truthful agelong arsenic acold arsenic trauma, conscionable won out.”

Officials judge nan girls most apt died by asphyxiation, according to a preliminary study revenge pinch nan Chelan County Superior Court, Fox 13 Seattle reported.

Amid nan ongoing manhunt for Decker — who is presently wanted for 3 counts of first-degree execution and 1 count of kidnapping, connected apical of custodial interference charges — constabulary person been asking nan nationalist to travel guardant pinch immoderate information.

In a property merchandise shared pinch PEOPLE connected June 5, nan Chelan County Sheriff's Office, nan agency starring nan investigation, said investigators person already "written and executed respective hunt warrants astir nan area and connected physics devices that belonged to Travis Decker."

"Additionally, we are asking citizens who ain cabins aliases reside successful our distant areas of Chelan, Kittitas King, Snohomish, and Okanagan Counties to please beryllium alert that Mr. Decker is still missing," nan sheriff's agency added.

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Authorities antecedently said successful Facebook post that Decker is "well versed successful wilderness endurance and tin of spending days aliases moreover weeks successful nan wilderness connected his ain and pinch very small equipment."

Authorities are asking anyone who has seen Travis to telephone 911 instantly and do not effort attack him. People tin besides telephone nan CCSO extremity statement astatine 509-667-6845 aliases taxable accusation to nan tip line.

A GoFundMe page group up to thief Whitney pinch expenses and ineligible costs amid nan tragic nonaccomplishment had raised complete $910,000 arsenic of nan day of June 5.