Elijah Vue, 3, was reported missing from Two Rivers Feb. 20, 2024. (Photo source: Two Rivers Police Dept.)
TWO RIVERS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — After more than a month since his remains were positively identified, charges have been filed in the death of Elijah Vue.
Manitowoc County District Attorney Jacalyn LaBre says charges have been filed against Vue’s mother, Katrina Baur, and her boyfriend, Jesse Vang.
Three-year-old Vue was reported missing on Feb. 20 by Vang in Two Rivers.
Prosecutors say Vue’s mother, Katrina Baur sent her son to live with Vang — her boyfriend — at his Two Rivers apartment for “disciplinary reasons.”
Vang is charged with physical abuse of a child – repeated acts causing death, hiding a corpse and resisting or obstructing an officer.
Baur is charged with chronic neglect of a child – consequence is death, neglecting a child and resisting or obstructing an officer.
Both are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
On Sept. 7, a man preparing his land for hunting season found human remains on private property near the entrance of Camp Manitou, a Girl Scout camp.
The remains were later identified to be that of Vue.
Baur and Vang have both been jailed since soon after Vue went missing on child neglect charges related to the condition of the home and treatment of the boy.
LaBre says a bail hearing is scheduled for Friday at 12:45 p.m.
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