CHELAN COUNTY, Wash. — After hundreds of square miles were searched by land, water and air, the search for Travis Decker, the man accused of killing his three young daughters, has been handed over to federal authorities.

“We had reached a point where we need to rest our local resources. Our command staff continues to be engaged with the search command while we give our teams time off to rest and recuperate and be ready to rejoin the search for, and capture of, the suspect.

“CCSO remains in command of the criminal investigation,” the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said in a Monday morning news release.

CCSO handed over command for search operations at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

If more information about Decker’s location is revealed by the investigation, CCSO search teams will be notifie

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