Elijah Vue: Wisconsin boy, 3, reported missing by an 'adult caretaker' believed to be in imminent danger

TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN: A missing three-year-old boy from Two Rivers has been kidnapped and is believed to be in imminent danger, Wisconsin authorities said. However, there are no descriptions of any potential suspects or vehicles.

Elijah Vue was last seen on Tuesday morning, February 20, at around 8 am at a home on Mishicot Road in Two Rivers, about 45 miles southeast of Green Bay. Elijah was reported missing by an "adult caretaker," police said, reported Fox 11. 

Authorities have released a brief description of the missing child

The child is three feet tall, weighs around 45 pounds and has blondish hair and brown eyes. Police described him as a mix of "Hmong and White ethnicity." "Search efforts by local, state, and federal agencies continue for a missing three-year-old boy named Elijah," Two Rivers Police Chief Ben Meinnert said in a statement Tuesday night, February 20, adding "We continue to follow up on all tips related to the search."

He has a birthmark on his left knee and was last seen wearing gray sweatpants, a dark, long-sleeved shirt, and red and green dinosaur slippers. He may be carrying the plaid blanket pictured above according to Two Rivers police.

Police are also asking area residents to review their home surveillance and doorbell cameras. "We are asking the public to please check them for images of Elijah," Meinnert said.

According to federal guidelines, Amber Alerts are issued when there is reasonable belief by law enforcement that a child abduction has occurred, that the victim may be in imminent danger of injury or death, that the victim is 17 or under, and that there is a physical description of the missing child.

Anyone with information is asked to call the state tip line at 844-267-6648 or 911. There is also an app to submit anonymous tips.

Foster mother arrested after five-year-old Ohio boy who was the subject of Amber Alert is found dead

Meaww previously reported that Darnell Taylor, a five-year-old boy who had been missing since December 12, 2023, and the subject of an Amber Alert on February 14, was found dead in a sewage drain, police said. His foster mother, Pammy Maye, who allegedly confessed to killing him in a horrific phone call made to her husband, was arrested on Thursday night, February 15.

Darnell Taylor was last seen with his 48-year-old foster mother Pammy Maye in December 2023, according to his father. On February 14, Maye’s husband called 911 at around 3 am and told a dispatcher that Maye had killed the boy, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by People.

“While on the phone with the 911 operator, he stated that his wife said their son was no longer alive,” the affidavit stated. He also said that Darnell had not been seen since December 12 or December 13 and that Maye had left the house in a 2015 Jeep Cherokee. Maye's husband had searched the home before he reached out to authorities, according to the outlet.