Travis Decker's Neighbor Recalls The Final Encounter Before Daughters Vanished

As the country is left to process the tragic case of on-the-run father Travis Decker, who is wanted over the slayings of his three young daughters, more chilling details are emerging, this time from a neighbor who unwittingly had a disturbing final conversation with him before the horror unfolded.

Binh Nguyen, a longtime former neighbor of Decker's ex-wife, Whitney Decker, recalls the day with clarity. From the quiet suburban street of Decker's former family home, Binh reflected on the final conversation with Travis, a strange and fleeting moment carrying a lot of weight. "He was skinny. He had long hair and a beard," Binh remembered. "I said, 'Is that you, Travis?"

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It was a harmless question then. But looking back, Binh says there was something undeniably strange. It's a 10-minute conversation that, at another time, might have qualified as neighborly small talk but now seems profoundly unnerving. "It was kind of weird," he said. "He had a sad face." After this exchange, Travis reportedly took his children to a campground in Washington. Days later, the girls were found strangled, sending a community into shock and a manhunt with few clues.

What has made the tragedy even more complicated for those close to the family to comprehend is how little warning there was. As with Whitney, Binh said he never noticed any red flags in Travis' demeanor. A military veteran and father of three, Travis had been in touch with his daughters since the 2022 divorce. He couldn't help but pick them up, usually for weekend adventures and camping excursions. To neighbors, he appeared to be a doting dad. "They loved him a lot, and he loved them too," Binh said gently.

Now, as law enforcement rushes to find Travis Decker, the community is trying to wrap its mind around the shock and heartbreak of a tragedy that no one saw coming. That furtive exchange on the sidewalk, initially a strange occurrence, has since become a chilling memory in a case that has unfolded with devastating repercussions.