Federal authorities have requested a three-day closure of several campgrounds, trail heads, hiking trails and forest service roads in the Leavenworth area as an intensive search continues for murder suspect Travis Decker.

The areas of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest will be closed for three days, beginning Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m.

Authorities say the closures will take place as the search continues for Decker, a Wenatchee man accused of murdering his three young daughters near the Rock Island Campground.

Deputies discovered the bodies of Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and Olivia Decker, 5, near the campground in Chelan County, on June 2nd.

Police say the three sisters had left home for a planned visit with their father three days earlier.

According to the U.S. Forest Se

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