Travis Decker was on ‘brink of something really extreme' before daughters were killed: Court docs

New York Post

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Travis Decker was clearly on 'the brink of something really extreme' in the weeks before he allegedly slaughtered his three little girls, new court documents show.
The still-on-the-loose homeless veteran's escalating behavior became so concerning that his ex-wife — who has since said Decker is more a 'broken'' man than a cold-blooded killer — hurriedly filed a protection order petition against the accused killer.
'He had seemed better, then it seemed like things just started happening one after another,' Whitney Decker wrote in the documents, obtained by KXLY.com.
3 Travis Decker was 'on the brink of something extreme' before he allegedly killed his daughters, according to court documents.
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The cracks in Decker's psyche were reportedly showing at his workplace, where he faced bullying and isolation from his colleagues.
His supervisor became so concerned with Decker's mental state, he called Whitney to warn of Travis' declining health.
'His boss told him or told me that he had talked to Travis on Friday and he seemed like he was on the brink of something really extreme,' according to the petition.
Around a month before the murders, the accused killer abruptly ended his daily counseling calls he had been holding with a Georgia pastor — some of which includedconversations which lasted several hours, the documents reveal.
3 Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia Decker were found dead with plastic bags over their heads and their wrists zip-tied.
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About a week before the tragedy, Decker was involved in a car wreck that seemingly triggered even worse behavior.
Decker called his daughters — Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5 — after the crash and eerily warned 'he was going to jail,' before turning up on the family's doorstep hours later to apologize.
All the while, Decker apparently made attempts to reconcile relationships with his brother and father, and attempted to rekindle his romance with Whitney.
'Last week he tried to reconcile our marriage and had even made comments to the girls about him moving back in, and I rejected his advancements,' Whitney wrote in the petition.
3 Decker is still on the loose.
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Decker allegedly cracked last week and killed the three girls during their court-ordered visit with him, which he was granted every other weekend.
The bodies of the girls were then found June 2 with plastic bags over their heads and their wrists zip-tied, not far from their father's abandoned truck in a remote campground about 170 miles of the Canadian border.
Preliminary investigations indicate the sisters likely died from asphyxiation.
Decker was still in the wind Saturday. Authorities have more than 100 law enforcement personnel involved in the search and were fielding more than 500 tips as they hunted for Decker, according to KOMO News. The missing dad apparently searched 'how to relocate to Canada' before allegedly carrying out the horrifying crime.
Police have warned the public not to try contacting or approaching Decker and do not know if he is armed. A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest.