SEATTLE — The hunt for Travis Decker, an Army veteran accused of killing his three young daughters near Leavenworth, could be over, but authorities are urging caution.

“The United States Marshals Service has advised the Defendant TRAVIS CALEB DECKER is deceased,” said Pete Serrano and Caitlin Baunsgard in a filing Tuesday asking the federal court to dismiss their case against Decker. Serrano has recently been tapped as the new U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, and Baunsgard is an assistant U.S. attorney in Serrano’s office.

Still, lab results have still not come back yet that positively link recently discovered remains to Decker, Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison said in an interview Wednesday morning. He anticipates those results will come in Wednesday afternoon or

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