PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s official: The bones found near Leavenworth, Wash., last week has been forensically identified as Travis Decker, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office announced.

The final piece of evidence comes one day after the U.S. Marshals Service advised the Eastern Washington District Court that Decker was dead due to a DNA match on the clothing discovered with the human remains, as reported by KIRO 7 in Seattle.

However, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said Decker’s status could not be fully confirmed until the bones are tested.

The discovery of the human remains at Rock Island Campground outside Leavenworth, Wash. marked the final chapter of a months-long manhunt that began on June 2, when the bodies of his three girls were located and Decker was nowhere to be found.

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