Mom of 3 girls allegedly murdered by homeless dad says hes a broken man not a cold-blooded killer
The grief-stricken mom of the three young girls found dead in Washington state believes their homeless Army veteran dad is more a “broken’’ man than cold-blooded killer after allegedly murdering them.“It’s clear that something broke in him because no person can go out there and be a parent to three beautiful girls for nine years, pretend like he loves them, if he’s intending to kill them for nine years,” the mom’s lawyer, Arianna Cozart, told The Post on Friday, speaking on behalf of client Whitney Decker.“It’s obvious something broken him.He’s a broken human, like anybody who could commit such a heinous act is, you know, I don’t know the better way to put it,” she said of Whitney’s ex and the girls’ dad, Travis Decker.Travis remains on the run after murdering the children and then dumping their bodies near a campground in Wenatchee roughly three hours east of Seattle, cops said.The dead girls, who had vanished during a court-ordered visit with their dad last Friday, were found with plastic bags over their heads with their wrists zip-tied, according to authorities.But Whitney is stopping short of solely blaming her ex-husband for the grim tragedy — instead pointing to a flawed system that failed to help the war veteran battle his inner demons and mental heath in the months before.Whitney — who divorced Decker two years ago — said her ex been seeking mental-health help from Veteran Affairs and a veteran crisis line to deal with his post-traumatic stress and borderline personality disorders.“If Travis had been able to get the help that he was seeking, that he was reaching out for, then those girls would still be alive,” her lawyer asserted to The Post.“There is not one instance that shows that Travis did not love those girls and was not a loving active father.
He struggled with mental health, yes, we knew that.Whitney knew that he had struggled with it their entire marriage.“He never raised his voice to those girls.
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