DNA Link Found In Missing Father, Son Case

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Department has released new information Monday night in the case of a missing father and son from Carroll County.

DNA results linked a pair of bloody glasses to the missing father, and investigators said foul play is suspected.

Ernest Decker Jr. and his son David Decker have been missing since last December.

That month, police found a pair of glasses believed to be Ernest Decker’s that was splattered with blood.

Now police said the DNA on those glasses did match the DNA of Decker.

Sheriff Dale Williams said he believes Ernest Decker may have been hit in the head while wearing those glasses.

"I think that we found out now that there is foul play,” said Williams. “And it was force, maybe a blow to the head, maybe something that would cause that to force forward from the front of the head."

Williams said his crews are following new leads he cannot disclose at this point.