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The stays of a three-year-old lacking boy have been discovered by a hunter months after he went lacking.

Police confirmed on Friday that the skeletal stays have been that of the boy who vanished in Northeastern Wisconsin in February.

Elijah Vue was final seen on the residence of his mom’s boyfriend in Two Rivers, a metropolis of 11,270 folks about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Green Bay, police stated throughout a day information convention.

A hunter making ready his property within the city of Two Rivers, a rural municipality that encircles town, for deer season found the skeletal stays on September 7, Two Rivers Police Chief Benjamin Meinnert stated. A forensic anthropologist on the state crime lab recognized them as Elijah Vue.

“This is not the outcome that we hoped for,” Meinnert stated. “The family is devastated. We are devastated. The community is devasted.”

Elijah’s mom, Katrina Baur, 31, of Wisconsin Dells, was charged in February with one felony rely of being a celebration to youngster neglect and two misdemeanor counts of resisting or obstructing an officer. She has pleaded not responsible. Her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, 39, of Two Rivers, was charged the identical day with one felony rely of being a celebration to youngster neglect. He additionally pleaded not responsible.

According to a legal criticism, Bauer had left her son with Vang on February 12 as a result of she needed Vang to show him “to be a man.” Vang known as police on February 20 and reported the boy lacking, telling police he had taken a nap and introduced the boy within the bed room with him. When he wakened three hours later he was gone.

The boy’s stays have been discovered about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from the place he was final seen, Meinnert stated.

The chief stated the investigation into what occurred to Elijah will proceed.

Baur’s lawyer, Amber Gratz, did not instantly reply to an e-mail searching for remark. The cellphone on the workplace of Vang’s lawyer, Timothy Hogan, was malfunctioning on Friday afternoon and nobody instantly responded to an e-mail left within the workplace’s basic inbox.