Multiple campgrounds, hiking trails and roads in the Leavenworth area will be closed for three days starting Sunday morning as the search continues for Travis Decker, a Wenatchee man and an ex-soldier accused of killing his three young daughters.
An order from the U.S. Forest Service issued Friday said the closure is to allow the FBI to conduct an ongoing investigation.
Several forest system roads in the upper Icicle Road area will be closed starting at the Ida Creek Campground, about 4 miles east of where Decker's daughters were found dead, from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Wednesday. The campground itself will remain open.
The Jack Pine, Icicle Gorge, Icicle Gorge Upper Loop and Icicle Gorge Upper Loop Tie trailheads will be closed, the Rock Island, Blackpine Horse and Chatter Creek campgrounds will be closed, as will several forest roads in the area.
FBI's Seattle field office could not provide further information about the closure, but the closures overlap with the area where authorities are searching for Decker.
Decker has been missing for more than two months after he disappeared from the Rock Island Campground where he allegedly killed the three girls.
Officials from the Washington State Crime Lab recently completed an analysis of DNA found at the crime scene that matched Decker's, further making the case that Decker is the only suspect.
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