Travis Decker: Police find remains they think are man accused of killing his three daughters

The human remains of a man wanted on suspicion of killing his three daughters have been found in Washington state.

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Police had been searching for Travis Decker since officers found his phone and the bodies of his girls Paityn, Evelyn and Olivia in a remote campground on 2 June. His truck was also found nearby.

"While positive identification has not yet been confirmed, preliminary findings suggest the remains belong to Travis Decker," Chelan County Sheriff's Office said on Thursday in a statement.

The remains were discovered in a remote wooded area south of the town of Leavenworth, in Washington state, officials said.

Decker, 32, was wanted on kidnapping and first-degree murder charges, according to Washington's Wenatchee Police Department, and officials believed he had been hiding in a remote part of the mountainous and wooded state.