Travis Caleb Decker (born August 15, 1992) was a U.S. Army veteran from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, who graduated from Pewaukee High School in 2010 after playing JV/varsity football and wrestling in the state finals.[1] He enlisted as an infantryman in March 2013, serving until July 2021, including a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in 2014.[1][3] From 2014 to 2016, he was an automatic rifleman with the 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the Washington National Guard, though he was removed from the elite unit after failing Ranger School; he later joined the 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Italy in 2017.[1][2][4] Former squadmates described Decker as quiet, an outcast, hard-working, and narcissistic, with aspirations to emulate his Green Beret father and return to Special Forces, though he did not.[2][4] He remained in the Washington National Guard until preparations for administrative separation began in 2023 or 2024.[3] By 2025, the 32-year-old lived transiently in Wenatchee, Washington, in his vehicle or at campgrounds, post-divorce from Whitney Decker, mother of his daughters Paityn (9), Evelyn (8), and Olivia (5).[1][3] On May 30, 2025, Decker picked up the girls from their mother's home in Wenatchee for a planned outing, spoke briefly with his ex-wife, and vanished; they missed a 5K event the next day, prompting a missing persons alert.[1][3] The sisters' bodies were found near a campground on June 2, identifying Decker as the prime suspect in their killings.[3] He evaded capture for three months in the largest manhunt in county history, leveraging military skills, until human remains near Leavenworth, Washington, were confirmed as his on September 25, 2025, a day after the U.S. Marshals declared him dead.[1]