WATCH: Full news conference to update community on the search for Elijah Vue
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 2024, 4:30 p.m.
TWO RIVERS, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in Two Rivers are giving a press conference to update the community on the search for missing child Elijah Vue.
Two Rivers Police Department to hold news conference to update search for Elijah Vue
FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 2024, 2:31 p.m.
TWO RIVERS, Wis. (WFRV) – The Two Rivers Police Department will hold a news conference on Friday to update the public on the search for Elijah Vue.
The briefing is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at the J.E. Hamilton Community House in Two Rivers. Representatives from the Two Rivers Police Department will be joined by local, state, and federal officials. Officials said the event will be a briefing only, with no questions taken at this time.
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Vue, who was three years old when he went missing on Feb. 20, was last seen in the 3900 block of Mishicot Rd. in Two Rivers by Jesse Vang, Elijah Vue’s mother’s boyfriend.
Vang and Katrina Baur have been formally charged in the Wisconsin Circuit Court system. Vang faces one count of chronic neglect of a child as a party to a crime. Baur faces one count of chronic neglect of a child as a party to a crime, as well as two counts of resisting or obstructing an officer and one count of neglecting a child.
Baur initially told law enforcement that she was not in Manitowoc County from Feb. 12 to the 20, but the criminal complaint states that she returned on February 16. According to phone data and witness accounts, Vang and Baur drove around Manitowoc together in the early hours of February 17. Vang entered a bar while Baur went on a Kwik Trip.
On March 4, officers with the Two Rivers Police Department revealed a vehicle of interest and asked the public to check any surveillance cameras captured between 2:00 and 9:00 p.m. on February 19, 2024.
The vehicle of interest, currently in law enforcement’s possession, is described as a 1997, four-door Nissan Altima, beige in color, bearing a Wisconsin license plate beginning with A and ending with 0. Officers also clarified that Jesse Vang and Katrina Baur are not the vehicle owners.
On March 18, authorities confirmed a blanket found earlier in the investigation belonged to Vue. The blanket was located 3.7 miles from where he was last seen.
Local, state and federal law enforcement searched Manitowoc County and the surrounding areas for months, only finding small clues.
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It wasn’t until Sept. 7 that local deer hunters located skeletal remains in Two Rivers. While authorities are aware of the ongoing AMBER Alert for Elijah Vue, they have not confirmed if the skeletal remains are linked to him.
Local 5 News plans to livestream the news conference at 4:30 p.m. Stay tuned for updates.
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