Authorities confirmed that remains found in a remote part of Washington state were those of Travis Decker, the U.S. Army veteran accused in the horrific murder of his three young daughters and the subject of a monthslong manhunt .

Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison said Thursday that officials received DNA results from Washington State Patrol's crime lab confirming the identity of the remains.

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Clothing recovered from the scene also belonged to Decker, he said.

Morrison apologized to the girls' mother, Whitney Decker, for how long it took to track down Decker.

"But I hope that you can rest easier at night knowing that Travis is accounted for," Morrison said. "He is deceased. Our DNA results confirm that, and

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