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Missing 3-year-old: Additional charges brought against Elijah Vue's mother

Manitowoc County prosecutors allege Katrina Baur neglected a second child

Missing 3-year-old: Additional charges brought against Elijah Vue's mother

Manitowoc County prosecutors allege Katrina Baur neglected a second child

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      THE MANITOWOC COUNTY COURTHOUSE. KENDALL INVESTIGATORS DETAILING THE CONDITIONS. THEY SAY ELIJAH HAD TO DEAL WITH DAYS BEFORE HE DISAPPEARED. ALLEGING SHE NEGLECTED NOT ONLY ELIJAH BUT KATRINA BOWERS SECOND CHILD, A SIX YEAR-OLD WHO SHE TOLD INVESTIGATORS WAS HAS AUTISM. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ADDING THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE AFTER POLICE REVIEWED BOTH HER AND HER BOYFRIEND’S TEXT MESSAGES. SHE’S BEEN WORRIED SICK, NOT KNOWING WHERE HER SON IS. A PLEA BY KATRINA BOWERS, ATTORNEY ASKING HER CLIENT, THE MOTHER OF MISSING THREE YEAR OLD ELIJAH VU, BE RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. HOWEVER, THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. INSTEAD, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY LEVELING MORE CHARGES AGAINST HER THURSDAY. WE HAVE NOW CHANGED COUNT ONE TO CHRONIC NEGLECT AS PARTY TO THE CRIME WE HAVE ALSO ADDED THE COUNT FOR WHICH INVOLVES NEGLECT TO THE ANOTHER CHILD WHO IS SIX YEARS OLD FROM FEBRUARY 14TH, A NEW CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST BAUER GIVES NEW INSIGHT INTO THE DAYS BEFORE ELIJAH WENT MISSING, DAYS WHEN POLICE SAY SHE LIED ABOUT BEING IN MANITOWOC COUNTY. SHE TOLD POLICE SHE SENT THE BOY TO HER BOYFRIEND’S APARTMENT FOR DISCIPLINE AFTER DOING FORENSIC REVIEWS OF HER AND JESSE VANG’S PHONES, TEXT AND FACEBOOK MESSAGES NOW REVEAL SHE AND VANG WERE MESSAGING LATE FEBRUARY 13TH, DISCUSSING BAUER COMING TO HIS APARTMENT TO HAVE SEX. INVESTIGATORS SAY VANG TOLD BAUER THAT ELIJAH CAN BE PLACED IN THE BATHROOM WHILE THEY HAVE SEX. THE COMPLAINT SAYS BAUER TOLD VANG HER SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CAN SLEEP IN THE CAR, AND INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE ARRIVED AT THE APARTMENT AT ABOUT 230 IN THE MORNING, LEAVING HER OLDER CHILD ALONE IN THE CAR. SHE LEFT THE SIX YEAR OLD UNATTENDED AND IN A VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR IN COLD WEATHER, THE COMPLAINT THEN SAYS AT THREE IN THE MORNING, FEBRUARY 14TH, A PICTURE OF ELIJAH SHOWED HIM LAYING DOWN ON A BED WITH A BLINDFOLD OVER HIS EYES AND APPEARED TO HAVE BRUISING ON HIS JAWLINE AND NECK. ON THE LEFT SIDE, AS WELL AS BRUISING ON HIS UPPER LEFT ARM. DISTRICT ATTORNEY JACQUELINE LABRIE READ A STATEMENT FROM BAUER’S MOTHER REQUESTING HER DAUGHTER’S BAIL NOT BE CHANGED. RATHER THAN ALIGNING IN LOCATING HER SON, SHE FEELS THE NEED TO REITERATE WHAT A GOOD GUY JESSE IS A
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      Updated: 7:34 PM CST Mar 7, 2024
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      Missing 3-year-old: Additional charges brought against Elijah Vue's mother

      Manitowoc County prosecutors allege Katrina Baur neglected a second child

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      Updated: 7:34 PM CST Mar 7, 2024
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      Manitowoc Co. prosecutors filed new charges against Elijah Vue's mother. There is still no sign of the 3-year-old boy. State officials activated an Amber alert out of for Elijah more than two weeks ago, on Feb. 20. Both Elijah's mother and her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, appeared in court Thursday.The judge heard a bond motion for Baur. Her attorney requested the $15,000 bail be reduced to a signature bond."She's been worried sick, not knowing where her son is," said Baur's attorney, Ann Larson.Prosecutors upgraded a child neglect charge against Baur to chronic child neglect and added a child neglect charge. Her bail remained the same."We have now changed count one to chronic neglect as party to the crime. We have also added count four, which involves neglect to another child who is six years old from February 14," said Manitowoc County District Attorney, Jacalyn LaBre.An amended criminal complaint against Baur gives new insight into the days before Elijah went missing, days when police said she lied about being in Manitowoc County.READ: Amended complaintShe told police she sent Elijah's apartment for discipline. After doing forensic reviews of Baur and Vang's phones, text and Facebook messages now reveal she and Vang were messaging late on Feb. 13, discussing Baur coming to Vang's apartment to have sex.Investigators say Vang told Baur that Elijah "can be placed in the bathroom while they have sex."The criminal complaint says Baur told Vang her 6-year-old daughter "can sleep in the car."Investigators say she arrived at the apartment at about 2:30 a.m., leaving her older child alone in the car. The complaint then says at three in the morning on Feb. 14, a picture of Elijah was taken at Jesse Vang's apartment, showing the 3-year-old, "laying down on a bed" with a "blindfold over his eyes." It says Elijah appeared to "have bruising on his jawline and neck on the left side, as well as bruising on his upper left arm."In court Thursday, LaBre read a statement from Baur's mother, requesting her daughter's bail not be changed."Rather than aligning and locating her son, she feels the need to reiterate what a good guy Jesse is and is fully defending him and his actions," LaBre said.Vang appeared in court without an attorney."Mr. Vang qualifies for public defender representation. They've been unable to find an attorney for him yet," Judge Robert Dewan0e said.Vang spoke during his appearance, requesting his bail be reduced."Yeah, I just got a question. I want to put in a motion for bail reduction," he said.

      Manitowoc Co. prosecutors filed new charges against Elijah Vue's mother. There is still no sign of the 3-year-old boy.

      State officials activated an Amber alert out of for Elijah more than two weeks ago, on Feb. 20.

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      Both Elijah's mother and her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, appeared in court Thursday.

      The judge heard a bond motion for Baur. Her attorney requested the $15,000 bail be reduced to a signature bond.

      "She's been worried sick, not knowing where her son is," said Baur's attorney, Ann Larson.

      Prosecutors upgraded a child neglect charge against Baur to chronic child neglect and added a child neglect charge. Her bail remained the same.

      "We have now changed count one to chronic neglect as party to the crime. We have also added count four, which involves neglect to another child who is six years old from February 14," said Manitowoc County District Attorney, Jacalyn LaBre.

      An amended criminal complaint against Baur gives new insight into the days before Elijah went missing, days when police said she lied about being in Manitowoc County.

      READ: Amended complaint

      She told police she sent Elijah's apartment for discipline.

      After doing forensic reviews of Baur and Vang's phones, text and Facebook messages now reveal she and Vang were messaging late on Feb. 13, discussing Baur coming to Vang's apartment to have sex.

      Investigators say Vang told Baur that Elijah "can be placed in the bathroom while they have sex."

      The criminal complaint says Baur told Vang her 6-year-old daughter "can sleep in the car."

      Investigators say she arrived at the apartment at about 2:30 a.m., leaving her older child alone in the car.

      The complaint then says at three in the morning on Feb. 14, a picture of Elijah was taken at Jesse Vang's apartment, showing the 3-year-old, "laying down on a bed" with a "blindfold over his eyes." It says Elijah appeared to "have bruising on his jawline and neck on the left side, as well as bruising on his upper left arm."

      In court Thursday, LaBre read a statement from Baur's mother, requesting her daughter's bail not be changed.

      "Rather than aligning and locating her son, she feels the need to reiterate what a good guy Jesse is and is fully defending him and his actions," LaBre said.

      Vang appeared in court without an attorney.

      "Mr. Vang qualifies for public defender representation. They've been unable to find an attorney for him yet," Judge Robert Dewan0e said.

      Vang spoke during his appearance, requesting his bail be reduced.

      "Yeah, I just got a question. I want to put in a motion for bail reduction," he said.