Jesse Vang (Photo courtesy Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office)
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – No trial date was set Thursday for Jesse Vang, the man who reported Elijah Vue missing and is now charged with causing his death and hiding the 3-year-old’s body.
Vang, 40, faces four charges: physical abuse of a child – repeated acts causing death, hiding a corpse, obstructing an officer, and chronic neglect of a child.
In court Thursday, another status conference was set for June 20.
Katrina Baur, Vue’s mother, also faces charges. She returns to court June 13 for a status conference. No trial date has been set.
Vang reported the child missing in February, 2024. Baur and Vang were both jailed on child neglect charges soon after. Prosecutors said Baur sent her son to stay with Vang, her boyfriend, for “disciplinary reasons.”
In September, a man preparing his land for hunting season found human remains on private property in Manitowoc County. The remains were later confirmed to be those of Vue.
Doctors who examined the boy’s remains determined the toddler suffered from physical abuse, psychological and emotional maltreatment, as well as neglect. Healed fractures on Vue’s skull and face were also found by doctors.
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