Hunt for father accused of killing 3 daughters expands in Washington forest

The National Guard is joining the search in Washington state for a man police say killed his three young daughters.

More than 100 law enforcement officers are combing parts of central and northern Washington state for the man, Travis Decker, who police say has wilderness skills that could help him survive for weeks on his own.

Police say Decker kidnapped the three girls — Olivia Decker, 5; Evelyn, 8; and Paityn, 9 — on May 30. They were found dead Monday near a campsite roughly 70 miles east of Seattle. Each child had a plastic bag over her head, according to an affidavit from police in Wenatchee, Washington, where the girls lived with their mother.

Large swaths of wilderness around where the girls’ bodies were found have been closed to the public as the search has intensified. The U.S.