Who Should Have Intervened Before Three-Year-Old Elijah Vue Became a Homicide Case?

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Jun 9, 2026 · 54m

Elijah Vue was three years old. His father was in prison. His mother sent him to live with a convicted felon who was still on federal supervised release — a man she had once told police had trafficked her. The criminal complaint describes what happened inside that Two Rivers apartment as a coordinated campaign: standing punishments, cold water, text messages between Baur and Vang about making a toddler afraid. A deleted photograph of the boy blindfolded and bruised. And when Elijah was reported missing, a cover story coached within sixty seconds of the 911 call.The investigation recovered…