Innocent hiker mistaken for fugitive dad accused of killing his three daughters

Idaho hiker reveals he was mistaken for Travis Decker, a fugitive child murder suspect wanted for killing his daughters, prompting U.S. Marshals response in Sawtooth Forest.

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U.S. Marshal Supervisory Deputy Michael Leigh said the USMS Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force on July 5 received a tip from a family in the Bear Creek area of Sawtooth National Forest in Idaho reporting the sighting of a man "consistent with the description of Travis Decker."

"The person believed to be Travis Decker was described as a white male, 5’8"-5"10 wearing a black mesh cap, black gauged earrings, cream colored t-shirt, black shorts, long ponytail, black Garmin style watch, beard and mustache overgrown, wearing a black Jan Sport backpack and either converse or vans low top shoes," the USMS said in a July 7 press release.