3-Year-Old Elijah Vue's Blanket Found: WI Police

MANITOWOC COUNTY, MN — The Two Rivers Police Department Monday confirmed that a blanket discovered earlier in their investigation belonged to Elijah Vue, the 3-year-old boy reported missing on Feb. 20.

The red and white plaid blanket was located on Goodwin Road, east of County Road B in Manitowoc County, about 3.7 miles from Vue's last known location in Two Rivers. Authorities did not reveal when the blanket was located.

"We continue to request the public’s assistance in checking all urban and rural areas, including water, to find Elijah and locate any evidence related to his disappearance," police said in a statement.

Anyone with information on the case is urged to call the Manitowoc County tipline at 844-267-6648.

People who provide information leading to the discovery of Elijah may be eligible for a reward of up to $40,000:

• $10,000 from Manitowoc County Crime Stoppers (for the arrest and charging of the individual/s responsible for his disappearance)
• $15,000 for information leading to the location and return of Elijah Vue and/or the arrest and conviction of the individual/s involved in his disappearance
• Another $15,000 raised by donations set up through the city of Two Rivers

Since Elijah’s disappearance, the boy's mother — and the man she allegedly abandoned him to — were formally charged in Manitowoc County with child neglect.

Katrina Baur, 31, of Wisconsin Dells faces a felony count of party-to-a-crime child neglect and two misdemeanor counts of resisting or obstructing an officer. Jesse Vang, 39, of Two Rivers, faces one felony count of party-to-a-crime child neglect, the Associated Press reported.

In February, Elijah's mother left him to stay with Vang for disciplinary purposes, according to Manitowoc County District Attorney Jacalyn LaBre.

She left Elijah with Vang on Feb. 12 because she wanted him to teach her son “to be a man,” and planned to pick him up on Feb. 23, according to authorities.

Vang told police that on Feb. 19, he took a three-hour nap and when he awoke, Elijah had vanished. Vang was in a relationship with Bauer, he told authorities