The Daily Mail.
The three missing sisters who vanished after a three-hour visit with their father have been found dead in Washington after days of frantic searching by authorities.
Paityn, nine, Evelyn, eight, and Olivia Decker, five, were found dead on Monday after police swarmed around Rock Island Campground, according to the Wenatchee Police Department.
Their father, Travis Decker - who they were last seen with and said to have been suffering mentally - is at large and police are looking for him.
The father-of-three has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping.
A SWAT team was called to the campground around 5pm yesterday and the area was shutdown between 7pm and 9pm.
Decker, 32, a veteran, does not have permanent housing and is known for staying at hotels and campgrounds, police said.
His ex-wife, the girls' mother, is particularly worried because he has 'really struggled since he left the military.'
'His mental health can be hard sometimes,' she told KIRO 7.
The Wenatchee Police Department offered their 'sincere and deep heartfelt condolences,' to the family, Fox 13 Seattle reported.
Suspicions that something had happened to the girls began last night after the Washington State Patrol dropped the amber alert, but no more information was given at the time.
Authorities found Decker's truck around 3:45pm near Rock Island Campground off Icicle Road.
While searching the area, the girls' bodies were found, but Decker was nowhere to be seen.
Shortly after, a SWAT team was deployed to look for the father, who still remains missing.
Travis Decker is described as 5'8" and 190 pounds, with black hair worn in a ponytail and brown eyes.
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