Why Did Elijah Vue’s Mother Photograph Her Blindfolded Son at 3AM and Then Erase It?

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Jun 9, 2026 · 16m

Elijah Vue’s biological father was in prison. The man his mother chose to care for him had a felony for harming a child, trafficking charges, and a federal drug conviction. His mother had once told police that the same man had trafficked her — and then, years later, placed her three-year-old in his apartment for “disciplinary reasons.” There was nowhere safe for this child to land. And no one intervened.The criminal complaint in this case lays out a relationship between Katrina Baur and Jesse Vang that goes back years — through trafficking allegations, federal prison, and a power dynamic Baur…