Elijah Vue, 3, was reported missing from Two Rivers Feb. 20, 2024. (Photo source: Two Rivers Police Dept.)
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Law enforcement officials, along with friends and family and complete strangers continued to search through the Manitowoc County area Tuesday for any sign of 3-year-old Elijah Vue. He was last seen a week ago in Two Rivers.
The police department has called a news conference Tuesday at 5 p.m. to provide updates on the search. Members of Vue’s family may be present to give a statement as well.
“I have kids, and if it were mine I’d want someone to be there too,” said Rachel Huss of Manitowoc. “I’d want people to be looking just like I am for my kids, so this is not normal.”
In downtown Manitowoc, volunteers went door-to-door, hanging missing person posters in any window they could find.
The missing toddler’s face is displayed all around the region.
Volunteers say casting a wide net is important because Vue’s mother, Katrina Baur, lives in Wisconsin Dells, and the child had been left with Jesse Vang in Two Rivers.
Prosecutors say Baur left her son with Vang for discipline. Both have been charged with child neglect.
“I guess getting that his face out there and the story and everything out there is really important to branching out from just this area, especially considering where mom was living versus where Elijah was at the very end there,” said Heather Huss of Manitowoc. “It’s good to get it statewide, nationwide for that matter because you don’t know where he is.”
Once again, family and volunteers are leading community searchers out of their makeshift headquarters at the Mikadow Theater in Manitowoc.
Volunteers heading out into whatever area they are comfortable searching, methodically looking for any sign of the missing boy.
“Anything, signs of kids’ stuff, I had heard about a boot, anything that looks out of place, really, anything that we can, that might help connect some of the dots for them,” Heather Huss said.
While the Two Rivers Police Department continues to lead the investigation, it is still asking for the public’s help whether through searches or tips, saying nothing is too small to alert authorities about.
Volunteer searchers willing to put in the work, both hopeful and uneasy about a potential outcome.
“It’s kind of like looking for a needle in a haystack but not knowing what haystack to look in for that needle so that’s been a little frustrating,” Heather Huss said.
“I’m scared that there isn’t going to be something found, but I don’t want to think like that, because I wouldn’t want it to be stopped for my own,” said Rachel Huss.
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