I am so haunted by this little boy. Every day I wonder where Elijah is, every night I wonder who knows exactly where he is.
@wnk thank you for the staggering amount of work you put into the exhaustive timeline (footnoted and all) of the events as far as they could be known. I permalinked your post and go back to it frequently.
@PommyMommy you too. You are tireless at keeping on top of developments, no matter how scarce or thin they may be.
For me - and it's all JMO - there are wildcards in the case. I'm probably overthinking them, but I keep going back. They are:
1. Jesse Vang's teenaged son. How old is he? How does his autism limit him? Was he a witness, and if so, when and to what? Have the police talked with him? Who is taking care of him now, even?
2. The 4-door Nissan impounded by the police. What do they know about that car and its whereabouts and/or driver(s) that enabled them to focus on the time frame of 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Monday, February 19th?
And what do we know about what happened before and after the 19th?
On Sunday the 18th, per the criminal complaint, Vang messages Baur at 4:36 a.m. telling her she needs to trust him in his decisions to “discipline” Elijah, saying, “He did fear me, but he didn’t respect me, now I’m making him respect me.’
On Monday the 19th, per the criminal complaint,
around 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. (bold/italics mine), JV changed EV’s diaper prior to bed; EV was “in punishment” standing in corner for “2 to 3 hours” while JV watched a movie.
Assuming Vang was telling the truth, then the Nissan wasn't involved in Elijah being abducted, hidden away, sold or buried. Assuming Vang was absolutely lying, then what a bizarre way to offer "proof of life," by claiming Elijah was in punishment, etc.
3. The description of Elijah when he was reported missing. "The Two Rivers Police Department said Vue is possibly carrying a red and white plaid blanket with him."
Wisconsin Amber Alert: Missing Two Rivers boy, search intensifies
That was later on February 20th. Elijah's blanket was either in the apartment or it wasn't. Who mentioned the blanket? How did it even come up? It was not included in the initial Amber Alert itself, but rather was added in additional comments from the police.
4) The February 14th 3:13 a.m. facedown photo of Elijah taken with Baur's phone and deleted an hour later. That photo, with the blindfold and the bruising. This woman drove down from Wisconsin Dells for an early-hours Valentine's Day hookup, I guess, with this man, leaving her 6-year-old-daughter locked in the car for the duration of the quickie, and took the time to grab that picture - if indeed she's the person who took it - only to delete it an hour later? Was it deleted because in it Elijah was already dead?
I have nothing helpful on any of these wildcards, but I can't put them down, either. Apparently these two people are not going to give Elijah back to the extended family and hundreds of strangers searching for him. Their silence makes me sick. The only thing that could excuse it is if, in fact, they had nothing to do with it.
JMO