1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole Parton. 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: Federal officials have provided a new update regarding the ongoing 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: search for Travis Decker, a man suspected of murdering his 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 1: three young daughters over a month ago. Decker was recently 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: reported to have been seen in Idaho, prompting authorities to 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: intensify their efforts to locate him. On Wednesday, July ninth, 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: Supervisory Deputy Michael Lee of the US Marshall Services announced 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: that a man who resembled Decker, previously noticed by a 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: family enjoying activities in the Bear Creek area of the 10 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: Sawtooth National Forest, had been located. However, it was confirmed 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: that man was not Decker. Investigators spoke with the man, 12 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: who cooperated and verified that he had been hiking in 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: the Bear Creek area last weekend. Lee stated the search 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: in that area has since ended. Authorities have been actively 15 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: pursuing Decker since the tragic discovery of his daughters, Peyton nine, 16 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: Evelyn eight, and a Olivia five, who were found dead 17 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: on June two. The girls were located at three forty 18 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: five pm local time after law enforcement identified their father's 19 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: vehicle near Rock Island Campground in Shelan County, Washington. They 20 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: were last seen with Decker during a planned visitation on 21 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: May thirty. On June ninth, the Shelan County Sheriff's office 22 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: confirmed that an autopsy had been conducted. The results revealed 23 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: that the cause of death was suffocation and the manner 24 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: of death was ruled homicide. According to a July sixth 25 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: press release from the US Marshall Service's Greater Idaho Task Force, 26 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: a family reported seeing a man matching Decker's description on 27 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: July five. The individual was described as a white male 28 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: about five eight to five ten, wearing a black mesh cap, 29 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: black gauged earrings, and a cream colored T shirt. The 30 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: observer noted that he had a long ponytail and unkempt beard, 31 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: and was wearing Converse or Van Tennis shoes. The family 32 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: remarked that the man of woid did eye contact and 33 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: did not respond when they attempted to communicate with him. 34 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: The manhunt continues, as authorities have determined that the siding 35 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: was a case of mistaken identity. The US Marshall Services 36 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: is offering a reward of twenty thousand dollars for information 37 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: leading to Decker's capture. County Sheriff Mike Morrison recently discussed 38 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: the potential for finding Decker alive. Following the confirmation that 39 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: DNA from blood found on the tailgate of Decker's truck 40 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: matched his profile, Morrison indicated the blood likely stemmed from 41 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: an injury, although the specifics of that injury are still unclear. 42 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 1: The sheriff says they are continuing to search and now 43 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: will even begin to search more waterway areas total the next. 44 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: Couple days before you're going to see the National Park 45 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 2: Service is going to be putting their swift water rescue 46 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 2: team into the icicle and we're going to check as 47 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 2: far down as we can. The goals reached the Columbia River, 48 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 2: but having been on the swiftwater rescue team myself in 49 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: the past, I get that's a lofty goal, but we 50 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: appreciate them being here, and then our schoolwater rescue teamill 51 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 2: also be going in here at the end of this month, 52 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 2: so we're going to use as many resources as possible. 53 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 2: We still have the US Marshals on the ground that 54 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: are falling up on leads, and last week we had 55 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 2: a search and rescue team that was going through the 56 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: area of the crime scene. We had twenty five members 57 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: out there with US four service members members of our 58 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 2: agency doing a grid pattern search, and we've also deployed 59 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 2: additional resources up and at the enchantments again with the 60 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 2: mountaineering team and I guess and to deploying kidaver dogs 61 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 2: within the Engles Creek area. 62 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: The sheriff went on to speculate if he were to 63 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: have died, it might have been due to a fall 64 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: or perhaps an injury that became infected or drowning. He 65 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: emphasized the range of possibilities and confirmed that should Decker 66 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: be found dead, a thorough autopsy would be conducted to 67 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: determine the cause of death. Decker is currently wanted on 68 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: charges of first degree murder and kidnapping or Crime and 69 00:03:53,440 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: Justice news after this. A woman from California is facing 70 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: serious consequences after she reportedly left her two young sons 71 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: in a hot car while undergoing a cosmetic procedure. Maya Hernandez, twenty, 72 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: entered a not guilty plea on July one to a 73 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: charge of manslaughter and two counts of willful cruelty to 74 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: a child. She is currently in custody at the Kerne 75 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: County Jail, with bell set it over a million dollars. 76 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 1: According to the criminal complaint obtained by k FSN, Hernandez 77 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: took her two young children, a two year old boy 78 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: and her one year old Amelio, to a medical SPA 79 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: appointment in Bakersfield. Authority stated that while she completed paperwork 80 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: and received lip filler, Hernandez left her two children in 81 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: the car temperatures soared into the triple digits. This was 82 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: despite having contacted the facility earlier in the day to 83 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: confirm if she could bring her sons inside. The SPA 84 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: reportedly responded, sure, if you don't mind them running in 85 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: the waiting room room and waiting for u hun According 86 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: to local ABC affiliate ker, instead of bringing the boys inside, 87 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: Hernandez left them strapped in their car seats with the 88 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 1: car locked. The complaint notes that the cosmetic procedure she 89 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: was undergoing lasted about twenty minutes. However, employees at the 90 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: SPA indicated that due to the high customer volume on 91 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: June twenty nine, Hernandez was away from her car for 92 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: nearly two and a half hours without checking on her children. 93 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: Hernandez later explained to law enforcement that she believed her 94 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: sons would be fine because she had left the air 95 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:39,679 Speaker 1: conditioning running. KGET reported that Hernandez drove a twenty twenty 96 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: two Toyota Corolla hybrid, which, according to experts, is designed 97 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: to shut off its engine after one hour. When the 98 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: children were discovered inside the car, it was already hot. 99 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: Authorities estimated that the boys spent about an hour and 100 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: a half in the car without air conditioning. The outside 101 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: temperatures reached one hundred and two degrees that day. When 102 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: Hernandez returned to her car at four thirty pm after 103 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: her procedure, she found Amilio having a seizure and foaming 104 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: at the mouth. Staff from inside the medical spa rushed 105 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: outside to help and took the two year old into 106 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: the facility to cool him down. Police arrived shortly after 107 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: four forty five pm. Amilio, whose body temperature had reached 108 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: one hundred and seven degrees, was transported to the hospital, 109 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: where he was pronounced dead at five forty eight pm. 110 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: His older brother was hospitalized and placed into protective custody. 111 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: The criminal complaint revealed that upon learning of her younger 112 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: son's death, Hernandez acknowledged to police that she recognized it 113 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: was irresponsible to leave them in the car. She admitted 114 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: to having thought about the decision while leaving them, but 115 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: could not provide a valid reason for her actions. Hernandez 116 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: is set to appear in court on July fourteenth. 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