Human remains, believed to be those of a man wanted on suspicion of murdering his three daughters, aged nine, eight, and five, have been found in the US state of Washington.
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 located nearby.
While positive identification has not yet been confirmed, preliminary findings suggest the remains belong to Travis Decker, according to a statement from the Chelan County Sheriff's Office.
The remains were discovered in a remote wooded area south of Leavenworth, Washington officials reported.
Decker, 32, was wanted on kidnapping and first-degree murder charges, according to the Wenatchee Police Department, and officials believed he had been hiding in the mountainous regions of the state.
The girls' mother reported them missing on 30 May after Decker failed to return them home following a visit, and he did not answer her phone calls.
The authorities confirmed that the girls died from apparent suffocation, and their wrists were bound with zip ties.
Decker, an ex-soldier, was believed to have gone through a mountain survival school based on his military training. The remains were located on Grindstone Mountain on 19 September, just a few miles from where the girls' bodies were found.
A $20,000 reward had been offered by the US Marshals Service for information leading to Decker's capture. The search for him resulted in closures of several popular national forest hiking areas.
