A desperate search is underway in Washington for three young sisters who were last seen with their troubled and homeless father as part of a planned visitation, cops said.
Police are searching for Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and their younger sister, Olivia Decker, 5, who were last seen Friday shortly after 5:30 p.m. when they went to visit their father, Travis Decker, 32, the Wenatchee Police Department wrote on Facebook Saturday.
The missing girls’ mother, Whitney Decker, is pleading for the public’s help to track them down.
“Last night at 8pm Travis was supposed to drop the girls back off with me and never showed,” she posted on Facebook. “The cops have him going north out of Wenatchee at 5:41.
“If you could please all keep an eye out for him, his phone is off and every hotel in Wenatchee and East Wenatchee have been checked.”
Police said the visitation was agreed upon by both parents.
“The visitation was part of a parenting plan, but he has since gone outside the parameters of it which is not normal and cause for the alarm,” according to a press release by the Wenatchee Police Department.
Travis is homeless, officials said, and has been living out of his vehicle, a white 2017 GMC Sierra, or at various motels or campgrounds in the area, officials said.
“They have not returned and contact cannot be made with the father,” police said.
Authorities said the disappearance of the three sisters has “not met AMBER Alert criteria,” but they have issued an Endangered Missing Person Alert through the Washington State Patrol.
Decker, who is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes, was last seen wearing a light shirt and dark shorts. His pickup truck has Washington plates with the number DC0165C, according to a wanted poster released by police.
Paityn Decker was last seen wearing a blue shirt, purple shorts and pink Nikes, while Olivia had been wearing a coral or pink shirt. Evelyn has blond hair and brown eyes, officials said.
Authorities implored anyone who recognizes Decker or his daughters to call 911.
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