Travis Decker is a former member of the military who has enough wilderness survival skills to live in the woods on his own for weeks or months, the authorities said.

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Their bodies were found near the summit of Mount Katahdin, at the end of the Appalachian Trail, officials said, after a search that began on Monday.

Portuguese police are combing an area near the resort where the British girl disappeared in 2007, as German authorities continue to investigate a suspect, Christian Brückner.

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