Skeletal remains found last weekend in Wisconsin were those of a 3-year-old boy who disappeared in February, police said Friday.
The Two Rivers Police Department confirmed the remains were those of Elijah Vue, who was the subject of an Amber Alert when he went missing.
“The family is devastated. We are devastated. Our community is devastated,” said Two Rivers Police Chief Benjamin Meinnert. “I never met Elijah, but I saw this 3-year-old boy bring out the best in this community.”
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Elijah Vue, 3, went missing in February. His remains were recently found in a wooded area, police said. (Two Rivers Police Department)
The alert was cancelled on Friday.
“What started as a search for a missing boy is now a death investigation,” the chief said.
The remains, a skull and bones, were found by a deer hunter in a wooded area on private land in Two Rivers on Sept. 7, authorities said. The area had been searched multiple times by authorities and the landowner on foot and by air, police said.
The Wisconsin forensics lab conducted DNA testing on the remains. Police said Vue’s family was identified as soon as the testing revealed an identity, police said.
Two Rivers Police Chief Benjamin Meinnert speaks to reporters about the discovery of Elijah Vue’s remains. (Fox Milwaukee)
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Vue disappeared from her Two Rivers home in February. Her mother, Katrina Baur, and her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, have both been charged with child neglect, though they are not directly linked to her disappearance, Fox Milwaukee reported.
