Manhunt Continues for Travis Decker, Chilling New Details Released | Crime Alert 8PM 08.20.25

Still missing nearly three months after police found his three daughters dead in the woods, chilling new evidence confirms Travis Decker is the only suspect in the murders, and brings more focus to the little girls’ final moments. Suspicion continues to fall on the parents of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, the boy they say was abducted from a California parking lot. Drew Nelson reports.

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Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew
Nelson still missing. Nearly three months after police found his
three daughters dead in the woods, chilling new evidence confirms
Travis Decker the only suspect in their murders, bringing more
focus to the little girl's final moments. The bodies of Peyton, Evelyn,
and Olivia were found on June tewid. They were discovered

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near their father's abandoned pickup at Rock Island Campground in
Shellane County, Washington. New information from the Sheriff's office says
two of the little girls each had two separate bags
over their heads, and the third victim had three separate
bags over her head. The girls were nine, eight, and
five years old. Decker's DNA has been confirmed on all

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the plastic bags and on a zip tie. No one
else's DNA was present, The Sheriff's office states, quote, the
completion of this DNA analysis provides additional evidence that indicates
Travis Decker is the only suspect involved in committing these homicides.
Decker has not been seen since May thirtieth. That day,
he picked up his daughters for a court sanctioned scheduled visit.

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He'd been experiencing homelessness in the time leading up to
the disappearance. He was supposed to return the girls by
eight pm. When he didn't, their mother, Whitney called the police.
She said the exchange had gone smoothly, but noted he
was quote quieter than usual when he picked up the girls.
A three day search led to the discovery of the
girl's bodies. A bloody handprint on Decker's truck matched his DNA.

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Police believe he fled into the wilderness. Decker as a U.
S Army veteran who served from twenty thirteen to twenty
twenty one. He was deployed to Afghanistan and trained as
a ranger, his survival skills and once lived off the
grid for more than two months. Investigators found that Decker
had searched online how to relocate to Canada before the murders.
So far, there have been at least two unconfirmed sightings

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of him. The first was June tenth near Highway ninety seven.
The second was on July fifth at Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest.
Search teams have used helicopters, drones, and dogs. Sheriff Mike
Morrison said, quote we haven't given up. Peyton, Evelyn and
Olivia are still very much in our minds. A reward
of up to twenty thousand dollars as being offered for
information leading to Decker's arrest. More Crime and Justice news

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After this, Suspicion continues to fall on the parents of
seven month old Emmanuel Harrow, the boy they say was
abducted from a Ucapa, California parking lot on Tuesday. Investigators
seized the father's vehicle as evidence. This comes a day
after they first searched the parents' home in Cabazon, California.

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Emmanuel Herrow was last seen on Thursday. His mother, Rebecca Harrow,
said she was changing his diaper in a Big five
Sporting Goods parking lot in Ucapa. She claimed a stranger
approached her from behind and said, oh lah. She said
she blacked out and woke up to find Emmanuel gone.
She was sporting a black eye. On TV news reports.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department responded just after seven

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forty five that evening deputy from neighboring Riverside County joined
the search. They brought in helicopters and canine units, but
they found no trace of the baby, with no abductor
and no suspect vehicle, no Amber alert could be issued.
Days later, detectives questioned both Rebecca and her husband, Jake Harrow.
When she was asked about gaps in her story, Rebecca
stopped cooperating. Jake refused a light detector test until a

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lawyer was present. Detectives continued searching their home. On Tuesday,
they brought in cadaver dogs. They removed the couple's two
year old child after police raised outs. The parents stopped
answering calls. Their phone numbers were removed from missing person flyers.
They retained legal counsel. In twenty twenty three, Jake Harrow
had a felony conviction for child cruelty from a case
in twenty eighteen, his then infant daughter was hospitalized with

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severe injuries, fractured ribs, a skull fracture, and brain bleeding.
He and his former partner both pleaded guilty. A doctor
wrote in a sworn affidavit quote, the combination of the
above findings is indicative of abuse, head trauma, child physical abuse,
and neutrisitional neglect. Jake was sentenced to one hundred eighty
days in a sheriff's work release program and four years probation.

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Emmanuel Harrow is twenty four inches tall. He weighs about
twenty one pounds. He is Hispanic with brown hair, brown eyes.
He is cross eyed. He was last seen in a
black Nike onesie. Anyone with information should call nine to
one one or San Bernardino County Sheriff's Dispatch. At nine
oh nine three eight seven eighty three thirteen, Cale Barrington

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Bates is dead. Executed in Florida for the abduction and
murder of Janet Renee White, ending the family's forty three
year wait for justice. At six seventeen pm on Tuesday,
Kale Bates was pronounced dead. He declined a final meal.
He said nothing before the lethal drugs were administered. His
execution marked Florida's tenth this year, more than any other state.

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It was carried out at the Florida State Prison in Rayford.
The US Supreme Court had rejected his final appeals just
hours earlier. The execution brings closure to Randy White, Janet's widower.
He had waited more than four decades, telling USA Today quote,
I made a promise to her right after it happened
that I would be there for every trial, every hearing,
every appeal. Justice has finally been served. Janet was twenty

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four when she died. She worked alone at a state
farm office in lynn Haven. Just after noon on June fourteenth,
nineteen eighty two, Randy walked her to work. He watched
her open the door and wave. Less than fifteen minutes later,
she was dead. Bates had spoken to her earlier that day.
Then he parked his truck in the woods behind the office.
He broke in through the back door and waited. As

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Janet answered a ringing phone. Bates attacked, She screamed. He
cut the phone cord. The person on the other end
called police right away. Bates dragged Janet into the woods.
He beat her, strangled her, stabbed her twice, and attempted
to rape her. She had over thirty injuries. Bates tore
the diamond ring from her finger. Police found him nearby,
covered in blood, the ring still in his pocket. A

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missing watchpin found at the scene matched his watch. Green
fibers on Janet's clothes matched Bates's pants. A knife case
left behind turned out to be his. He later confessed.
He was convicted of first degree murder, kidnapping, attempted sexual battery,
and robbery. He was sentenced to death in nineteen eighty three.
His legal team filed many appeals over the years, all denied.

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They argued brain damage, in effective counsel, and racial bias.
Randy and Janet White had gotten married ten weeks after
they met. They were planning to start a family. Randy
remarried years later, but says his heart stayed with Renee.
He told the newspaper he forgave Bates in order to survive. Quote,
it was going to destroy whatever I had left. At
the execution, he found relief. Quote It's going to be

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different to start life new again without this in the forefront.
But I'll never get past it. I will fight that
until my last breath. For the latest crime and justice news,
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with this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.