MANITOWOC, Wis. (WFRV) – The mother and boyfriend charged in connection with the death of Elijah Vue appeared in Manitowoc County Court on Monday for initial appearances on new charges.
According to Wisconsin Circuit Court records, 31-year-old Katrina Baur appeared via video before a Manitowoc County judge, during which she waived her preliminary hearing.
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Baur is charged with chronic neglect of a child resulting in death, neglecting a child under 6 years old or with a disability, and two counts of resisting an officer. Her arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 30.
Her boyfriend, 39-year-old Jesse Vang, is facing more serious charges. Vang appeared in court Monday but is still awaiting the appointment of a public defender.
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He is charged with physical abuse of a child resulting in death, repeated acts causing death, hiding a corpse, and resisting or obstructing an officer. His preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 24.
The charges against Baur and Vang were filed after authorities found Elijah Vue’s remains months after he was reported missing.
After all the time that has passed, emotions are still high in the Two Rivers community and along the lakeshore.
“The town really did rally together,” said Manitowoc resident Michael Erhartt. “They were everywhere in town looking in all the little corners of Manitowoc, in the woods and forests and lakes. It was really awesome, I loved that this community came together to look for that young man.”
For Dianne Brisingamen, it has been a very difficult and trying time, especially living so close to the apartment where Jesse Vang lived. Police reports say Elijah had been living here with Vang.
Brisingamen said if any good has come of the case surrounding Vue’s disappearance, it’s that she knows she moved to a place that cares enough to look out for one another.
“We had just moved here, we were here for two weeks and we still had our moving stuff out here in the front when this was all happening,” she explained. “I called my husband and I was saying you know, ‘I can’t believe this is what we moved into, I can’t believe this is happening.’ He told me ‘The positive is that you see the community out,’ and that was true. It was like a parade throughout the whole neighborhood of people and vehicles.”
