A MOTHER’S PAIN  Whitney Decker’s Heartbreaking words! Travis Decker. Washington.
Mom Wendy Decker just spoke at her three babies’ memorial. I will warn you — it is heartbreaking. It’s hard not to cry. I have watched this several times, and it is very, very emotional.

I just have a short sentence to share:

“Um, good evening. I thank you all for being here. I really appreciate it.
You all look beautiful, and I know that E.V. would have loved to ooh in awe over all of your outfits.
She would have been amazed by all the color out there and just thought you guys looked fantastic.
You know that Payton would have sought each and every one of you out to try to find something to give you a compliment for.
She did that for everyone — whether it was in the grocery store, at school, or with me, always telling me, ‘Oh, you look so beautiful, Mom. I love your earrings,’ or whatever it was that she could find.”

I wanted to share a means of connection the girls and I had that I think allowed them to have such warm and open hearts to the community around them.

After my divorce, there were a lot of feelings flowing through my house, as you could imagine — being a mom going through a divorce with three small, tiny women. Some of the feelings were easier to talk about than others.

Through the girls’ time with Children’s Home Society and some incredible therapists, we discovered the three feelings.

At night during their bedtime routine, I would ask them what three feelings they felt during that day — no feeling too big or too small — and what was going on when they felt those feelings.

For Payton, she always had more than three. Consistently eager to tell me about every minute of her day, she was always interrupting her sisters to make sure I knew every single one.

For E.V., we would talk about her feelings one-on-one, right at bedtime, because she wasn’t always ready to share them with her sisters.

And for Olivia, we were still working on how to describe all of her feelings — but beyond a shadow of a doubt, one was always happy.

Even when I tried to avoid telling my feelings — which is so easy to do as an adult — I feel like the girls, one of them, would always say, “Wait, Mom, you didn’t tell me what yours were,” and make sure that I, too, would tell them what my three feelings were.

I’m so thankful for the time that I had with the girls, and how the three feelings allowed us to connect when the world slowed down. It really gave me an inside look into their day.

I believe doing this with them allowed them to come into the world with open hearts and kindness.

I hope that you are all able to do some version of the three feelings with your loved ones.

Thank you, everyone, for being here tonight and for the outpouring of love that you have shown me and my family over the past few weeks.

I truly hope that the legacy of the girls’ lives lives in everyone’s heart forever.
They were incredible.

Please don’t forget to say a prayer for Wendy Decker — the mother of these three beautiful angels — and the emotional wreck she must be with her ex-husband on the loose and not knowing when this will end. God bless each and every one of you.

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Well, happy Sunday to my beautiful people on the ether. I’m Bullhorn Betty. I cover true crime, and we are covering the case of Travis Decker. You know, this is related to the three girls — Payton, Evelyn, and Olivia.

And yesterday, there was a beautiful memorial, and Whitney Decker spoke at that memorial.

And listen — I don’t know how this lady has the strength. I can’t imagine her dealing with what she has dealt with, and being able to go and look at a bunch of strangers in their face. And I know it has to do with the fact that she wants to tell the world about her three beautiful daughters.

And the words that she spoke were just so beautiful — and so heartbreaking, and just earth-shattering — that I think many people watched because we’re just amazed with this lady’s strength.

I don’t know how she does it.

The words she said about her three beautiful daughters were beautiful. They were amazing.

And many of you guys know we’ve been following this case for some time. Travis Decker is these three children’s father, and he is on the run. Law enforcement still hasn’t found him, and we are moving into our fourth week.

This is the fourth week.

We did hear from Sheriff Morrison. And what he has told us is that they have found some items — those items have been submitted for processing. He says this is not the only homicide in Washington and this stuff is taking time.

The priority of this case though — you know, we have the U.S. Border Patrol heading this investigation. I can’t imagine it taking weeks and weeks and weeks to get DNA back from a manhunt where the victims were three sisters. This was senseless.

I don’t know if I’ve heard of another case like this going on in Washington that wouldn’t push this case to the top.

And I understand they can’t just push other cases out of the way, but in certain cases, they can do just that.

Not that it’s right — but when something takes more precedence, like a crazed lunatic on the run in the mountains… they say this is an isolated incident. How do they know?

No, they have not found him. We’re going into the fourth week. Travis Decker is still on the run.

I don’t know when he is going to be found. I’m not one that believes he’s on the run. I think he is deceased somewhere, waiting to be found.

I’ve always felt that way. I may very well be wrong, but that’s how I’ve always felt.

Just looking at the statistics — when it comes to the family annihilator makeup, the military makeup, the whole situation — it just seems like he would be unalive.

So I’m just… yeah.

They say he’s in the woods, but I’m waiting for that connection. Once we get some DNA and they say definitively, yes, this attaches to Travis Decker — then we’ll know for sure.

But I just don’t know. Even Sheriff Morrison says they can’t determine for sure if the guy they saw in the helicopter footage was Travis Decker. They just saw something running.

And if they do, they need to analyze it — did the person have long brown hair? Could he have been X, Y, Z height? We don’t know.

Yes, he does have mountain survival training and can stay out in the woods for months on end — but that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s what he’s doing.

Oh, and I think I figured it out. Remember the sheriff said there may be “sympathizers” out there? That kind of came out of left field.

And the only way I can think that this would come up is: maybe during their search, they found a supply kit — a stash — maybe even a note from someone helping Travis. That’s the only thing that makes sense to me. Because it was just so random otherwise.

They do believe he could’ve set up caching. I don’t believe that. I don’t think in seven days he would’ve had enough time.

They’re trying to say this man — who loved his kids — was some kind of mastermind. I don’t know.

Wendy describes a broken man, not a vicious monster. And I have to weigh that.

Maybe Wendy is in denial. But I don’t think she’s that off base.
Maybe he just snapped. Maybe the hopelessness and helplessness hit him.

Until they find him — or something definitively tied to him — I don’t think I’ll change my mind.

Anyway… check out the video I just dropped. I will tell you: have some tissues around.

There’s not one time I’ve watched it without boohooing.

My heart breaks for this lady.

Just to see her strength. And I say this all the time — I don’t know where the strength comes from in some of these parents.

People like Jennifer Santanello, Seth Rogers… even Kaylee Goncalves’s family — I’ve talked to these people.

And the one thing that amazes me? Their strength.

When most of us would be shattered, they’re out there fighting.

God gives them something. I don’t know what it is — but it’s something.

Anyway — happy Sunday, y’all.
And if you’re going to watch the most recent video I dropped last night…