“Let’s wrap this up and do what’s right for your kids.”

Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and Olivia Decker, 5, were reported missing on May 30, 2025, when their father failed to return them to their mother, Whitney, after a planned three-hour visit. At first, nothing seemed unusual—Whitney had trusted that their father would bring them home as agreed.

But as the clock neared 10 p.m. with no word from Travis and his phone going straight to voicemail, that trust turned into dread. By Monday, June 2, the worst was confirmed: the three girls had been found dead near the Rock Island campground in a remote part of Wenatchee, nearly three hours from Seattle.

Their lifeless bodies, discovered near Decker’s abandoned truck, bore