ELIJAH VUE, 3, MISSING After 'MOMMY' Sends Tot to TORTURE CAMP WITH CONVICT LOVER

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Elijah Vue, 3, has been missing now for eight days.

The toddler was last seen at the home of her mother's boyfriend, Jesse Vang. Vang had been taking care of the boy for about a month to reportedly help mother Katrina Baur with care and discipline.

The day Vue vanished, Vang said he was disciplining the boy, ordering him to stand next to Vang's bed and pray. Vang fell asleep. Three hours later, when Vang woke up the boy was gone.

Both Vang and Baur have been arrested, and charged with crimes related to child neglect.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Darryl Cohen – Former Assistant District Attorney (Fulton County, Georgia) Former Assistant State Attorney (Florida), and Defense Attorney: Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, LLC; Facebook: “Darryl B Cohen;” X: @DarrylBCohen
Thomas E. Fischer - Fmr. Milwaukee Police Detective, Owner/Chief Investigator for Thomas Fischer Investigations LLC
Mike Hadsell – President and Founder, Peace River K9 Search and Rescue; X: @K9River
Meghan Krein – Director of Communications and PR at Child Help
Aisha Morales - Morning News Anchor - WBAY-TV2, Green Bay Wisconsin; X: @Aisha Morales WBAY

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0:00.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:11.0	A beautiful little boy just three years old is missing. Have you seen a photo of
0:20.6	a three-year-old Elijah view because I can't get that photo, that little face
0:27.5	looking at me out of my head. Somewhere out there I'm looking at him right now, this little boy is waiting for us to find
0:37.0	him. Is he dead? Is he alive? Is he alone? Where is Elijah view? Now this is what I know so far. This little missing
0:48.0	Wisconsin boy Elijah. His mom says he was a quote disciplinary problem.
0:57.5	Well I think she's the disciplinary problem.
1:01.8	This little boy was sent away to a quote boot camp to quote teach him to be a man where he would have to stand in the corner for hours on end without being allowed
1:18.8	to sit down and repeat over and over.
1:22.0	I'm sorry, mommy, I'm sorry mommy. I'm sorry mommy. I'm sorry mommy. I'm sorry mommy.
1:27.0	If I could get my hands around this woman's neck, I would definitely be charged with Murder One.
1:35.0	I'm Nancy Grace.
1:37.0	This is Crime Stories.
1:38.0	Thank you for being with us here at Crime Stories and on Series XM 111.
1:43.0	Where is he?
1:45.0	Mommy was known to send him away,
1:49.0	just to get away from her own son?
1:52.0	First of all, I want you to hear what we get away from her own son?
1:52.5	First of all, I want you to hear what we know right now
1:56.3	from the police chief listen.
1:58.7	This child was three years old and was reported missing on a cold winter temperature day with only a
2:06.4	blanket and possibly light clothing and we knew at that time possibly three to four
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