Elijah Vue: Two Rivers boy still missing, 2 appear in court
Katrina Baur, Elijah Vue, Jesse Vang
TWO RIVERS, Wis. - As the search continues for Elijah Vue, the 3-year-old Two Rivers boy missing since February, his mother appeared in Manitowoc County court on Thursday.
Katrina Baur, 31, was bound over for trial. She is charged with chronic neglect of a child, neglecting a child and two misdemeanor counts of resisting/obstructing an officer.
A preliminary hearing for 39-year-old Jesse Vang, also charged with neglecting a child, was postponed on Thursday. Prosecutors said Baur would send Vue to Vang for disciplinary purposes because she wanted him to teach her son "to be a man."
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Have you seen him?
Authorities said Vue's caregiver last saw him at 8 a.m. at his home on Tuesday, Feb. 20 – near 39th and Mishicot in Two Rivers. He was last seen wearing gray sweatpants, a long-sleeved, dark-colored shirt, and red-and-green dinosaur slip-on shoes.
Vue, who is of Hmong descent, is described as 3 feet tall and 45 pounds with sandy hair and brown eyes. Officials said he has a birthmark on his left knee.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 844-267-6648 or 920-686-7200. You can also submit a tip through the FBI website, or to Manitowoc County Crime Stoppers through the P3 app.
Elijah Vue
Rewards offered
Rewards in the search for Vue have risen to a combined $40,000.
The Two Rivers Police Department on Monday, March 11 announced the city has raised $15,000 in reward money through community donations. Donations to that reward fund are still being accepted.
The donation-driven reward is in addition to two other rewards already announced for information in the case. There is an FBI reward of up to $15,000, and a Manitowoc County Crime Stoppers reward of up to $10,000.