3-year-old Vue's skeleton remains were found last month at a remote private property about 3 miles from where he was first reported missing, the Town of Two Rivers Police Department reported.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
October 17, 2024
Town of Two Rivers, Wisconsin - On Thursday, the Two Rivers Police Department and the Manitowoc County District Attorney's Office confirmed that both Katrina B. Baur, 31, and her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, 34, have been charged with an additional two felony counts each for physical abuse of a child, repeated acts causing death, (repeater) and hiding a corpse (repeater), and an additional one misdemeanor count each for resisting or obstructing an officer (repeater). If convicted on each count, both Baur and Vang are facing up to life in prison for causing death, and up to 12 years and 5 months and up to $25,000 in fines, or both for hiding a corpse, and up to 9 months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines, or both for one misdemeanor count obstructing an officer.
Last month, the Two Rivers Police Department confirmed that the child's skeleton remains found at a remote private property belong to 3-year-old Elijah Vue, as was previously reported by Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) when anonymous sources made the preliminary information available to the media.
It was previously reported that law enforcement investigators on September 7, 2024 located a skull, skeleton remains and a diaper at a remote area, an adjacent private property near the 140 acre of the Girl Scout Camp Manitou.
A local deer hunter in the woods (private property) came upon the skeleton remains and notified law enforcement, Manitowoc County Sheriff Dan Hartwig reported.
Vue's skeleton remains were identified through DNA forensic tests by the Wisconsin State Crime Lab.
Baur, Elijah's mother was previously charged on February 26, 2024 with one felony count for chronic neglect of a child, including party to a crime, and two misdemeanor counts for resisting or obstructing an officer and one misdemeanor count for neglecting a child.
Vang, Baur's boyfriend was previously charged on February 26, 2024 with one felony count for chronic neglect of a child, including party to a crime.
Both Baur and Vang remained silent and would not disclosed where Elijah's body was concealed or located.
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