Sheriff hunting Travis Decker fears misguided sympathizers might try to help him: He is a danger

The sheriff leading the hunt for Travis Decker, the dad accused of murdering his three daughters, fears that “misguided” sympathizers might try to help the fugitive stay on the run.Chelan County Sheriff Michael Morrison gave the troubling warning as the 32-year-old homeless veteran is still being hunted nearly three weeks after his young daughters were found tied up and suffocated near his car at a camp in Washington state.Asked if Decker might be getting help on the run, the sheriff told NewsNation: “I’m not quite sure.You’re certainly looking at the potential that he could have staged some supplies beforehand.“There’s some that may be sympathetic to his cause, which I think would be misguided,” he added, without elaborating on exactly how they might be involved.“I mean, he’s accused of murder — not just once, but three times — and he is a danger,” the sheriff stressed of the troubled dad.“So, for those that might have sympathy towards him, please allow the opportunity for us to do our job,” he said, suggesting the sympathizers were somehow interfering in the ongoing hunt.Decker, 32, is still being hunted three weeks after he took his three daughters for a parental visit on May 30 and never returned them to their mother’s home in Wenatchee, Washington.The bodies of Olivia, 5, Evelyn, 8, and Paityn, 9, were discovered with plastic bags over their heads and zip ties around their wrists near Decker’s abandoned vehicle on June 2.

Decker had been battling for more time with the girls, with chilling audio emerging this week of him insisting he had never put them in danger.Sheriff Morrison said it is their “hope” that they can capture Decker alive “to face justice.”“We want to make sure that [his daughters’] voices are heard … and that their killer is faced with justice,” he added.Authorities previously said that “a large amount of evidence,” including human male blood and nonhuman blood, was collected from Decker’...