Forensic tests confirmed that human remains found on a remote mountain in Washington state earlier this month were those of Travis Decker , a fugitive father accused of killing his three young daughters, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

His remains were discovered last week on a steep remote wooded slope partway up Grindstone Mountain in central Washington, less than 1.6 kilometres from the campsite where the bodies of nine-year-old Paityn Decker, eight-year-old Evelyn Decker and five-year-old Olivia Decker were found on June 2, police said.

Decker, 32, has been wanted by police since June 2 after a sheriff’s deputy found his truck and the bodies of his three daughters at a campground after they attended a planned visit with their dad. His daughters’ bodies were

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