#true crime write up

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ELIJAH VUE: The Missing 3 Year Old Boy from Wisconsin

[Ongoing Investigation]

Elijah Vue is a 3 year old boy from Twin Rivers, Wisconsin, who seemingly vanished without a trace

Elijah Vue is a 3 year old boy from Wisconsin, who vanished from an apartment in Two Rivers on Feb. 20, where he was staying with his mother's boyfriend, Jesse Vang.

Elijah was last seen at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at an apartment building in the 3900 block of Mishicot Road in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

Elijah’s mother, Katerina Baur, (31) and her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, (39) have been charged with felony child neglect.

Elijah was sent to stay with Vang in Two Rivers by his mother for "disciplinary purposes,” according to Manitowoc County District Attorney Jacalyn LaBre.

Katrina lived in Wisconsin Dells when Elijah went missing and had been traveling back and forth between there and Two Rivers

Investigators said Katrina sent Elijah to stay with her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, in Two Rivers to "learn how to be a man." on February 20th, Vang told police when he woke up from a nap, and the little boy was gone.

Jodi Baur, Elijah’s grandmother, said the last time she spoke to Katrina was March 1, after she had been arrested and charged with child neglect.

"When you did talk to her, is she asking, where's Elijah? Is she still wanting to know where he is?" Reporters asked.

Baur said she thinks getting answers relies on her daughter receiving mental health care.

"Until we get her in touch with what's real and what's not real, we're not going to know," Baur said.

In a recent interview with Katrina, she said the following about Elijah’s disappearance:

"You find yourself driving alone, you're looking in every ditch, you're looking in every lake, you're looking at every, you know, farm field. And it's just you, just the trauma doesn't stop because there's no closure," Baur said. "Please keep looking for him because somebody is going to find something."

A post was made to social media about a $40,000 reward for any information leading to Elijahs whereabouts.

The post reads:

“10,000 from Manitowoc County Crime Stoppers for the arrest and charging of the individual/s responsible for his disappearance, $15,000 for information leading to the location and return of Elijah Vue and/or the arrest and conviction of the individual/s involved in his disappearance, and an additional $15,000 thanks to funds raised by donations set up through the City of Two Rivers.”

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the department by phone at 844-267-6648, through the Manitowoc County Crime Stoppers P3 App, or via email at trpolice@two-rivers.org

As Katrina and Vang remain in jail, Elijah remains missing.

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TWIN RIVERS POLICE DEPARTMENT:

844-267-6648

trpolice@two-rivers.org

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SOURCE(S):https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/19/wisconsin-toddler-elijah-vue-missing/73032668007/#

[kottkrig]

Genuinely what I think helps with improving as a character writer is being really into psychology and human behavior: sociological, neurological, history, true crime, religion, dating and sexuality, literally anything that goes into why we might do things and seeing other people's perspectives even if you don't agree or can't relate

Obviously still make an effort to be self-aware and know what you're doing; avoiding sinking too deep into therapy-speak, careful with touchy tropes or harmful stereotypes etc., and while still giving your characters flaws... but having a sincere interest in this and becoming more insightful yourself I feel catapults you along on your improvement

[arbiterlexultionis]

Poltergeist

So, Danny, who’s blood is composed of mostly caffeine because the Box Ghost just WON’T FUCKING STOP attacking on the middle of the night, God Dammit this is the SEVENTH Time tonight how the Crap Baskets do you keep escaping the Thermos!! So, when he wakes up one morning needing both caffeine and ectoplasm in his sleep deprived state he just mixes a 4 pack of monster and beaker of ectoplasm in a jug and starts chugging to try and get it down before the taste hits and then stops. Takes a sip. Takes another. And realizes that it actually taste way better then either do individually.

So he starts mixing them up regularly, and eventually starts just phasing ectoplasm into still sealed cans so he can grab and go for the sake of convenience. Then some other ghost get a taste, like it, and start asking for more. So Danny gets some new friends and starts making ghost money selling his concoction, and as a joke based on the original name of the energy drink, paints over the can and relabels them Poltergeist.

For a while, business is booming but then a problem pops up. Real world items are contraband in the zone according to Walker, and most of the drink itself and the container it comes in is real world matter. Cue prohibition era shenaniganery as Danny and his allies became energy drink bootleggers, running from Walker, smuggling cases of Poltergeist, hiring ghost to help them with all of this, the whole nine yards.

I think this could work out pretty well with Danny and The Spooks, him and his boys mass producing and shipping out illegal ghost energy drinks could be a really cool plot line in my opinion, producing it, figuring out how to get it to the zone and all that as a group. I also feel this idea is just the right amount of wacky to work with the DP verse and serious/sensible enough to not be complete crack fic unless you want it to be.

When the Fenton’s and Valerie hear about that no good menace Phantom selling Highly Dangerous Ghost Drugs the flip their shit. The smear campaign is the stuff of legends. And then the truth comes out. It’s just a really Really REALLY tired teenager trying to stay awake and make some pocket money to buy first aid supplies and have some left over to buy food for homeless people.

If it’s a verse where Sam and Tucker are in on the whole ghost fighting thing then they are Energy Drink Kingpin Danny’s right and left hand men. Tucker’s the tech guy, figuring out how to build hidden compartments in vehicles to hide the goods, monitoring and screwing with Walker’s tech, managing accounts for human money he makes/figuring out how to exchange human money for Ghost money. Sam is his badass enforcer who keeps the underlings in line, and also uses her money and rich people connections to launder money and stuff. Proper crime boss stuff.

Eventually, everyone’s least favorite front loop catch’s wind of this. And I see this going one of two ways.

1) He comes to the conclusion that Danny’s not aloud to have nice things, and starts his own enterprise to compete with Danny. Stealing business, sabotaging production, tipping off Walker. General douchbaggery.

2) He is the opposite of opposition. He wants Danny as his Son, wants Danny to be just like him, wants to guide and train Danny the way he never got. So Danny, all on his own, building a criminal empire? Pissing off the authorities instead of being a little goody two shoes? Laundering money almost as good as his old man? It is wonderful and he is Here For It. Either he’s in the distance cheering him on or actively trying to help. “No no my boy, if you do it like that you’ll either end up broke or in jail for tax evasion. You’ve got to send your money through these channels and store it in banks of these countries. I’ll help you set up accounts.”

[preciouslandmermaid]

spencer/reader + southern gothic aesthetic "I'm just a child, but I'm not above violence My mama raised me better than that..."

the mosquitoes and frogs sing their discordant symphony above the rustling oak leaves and Spanish moss that drape over branches like abandoned wedding veils. you push your toes on the damp floorboards and the rocking chair tilts backward, and your stomach lurches as you sway forward. the old book on your lap with yellowed pages and a musty scent lays open like a vivisected hare. a gnat lands on the corner of the page and you try to flick it away. you accidentally killed it and your brows furrow softly. the hinges on the screen door squeak and you break your monotonous rhythm, the rocking chair sway cut short. "garcia says we're lucky we have cell service," spencer says, with his hands in his pockets, before his eyes flick to your lap, "what're you reading?" "mm." you nod. "nice of the chief to let us use his house." you close the book and self-consciously wipe the title with your hand (the one that killed the gnat). "did you know that franz kafka didn't want bugs on the cover of his book?" "you're reading 'the metamorphosis'," he guesses. "it's a comfort read," you say, shrugging, your toes pushing the floorboards again. spencer slowly sits in the rocking chair beside you and you silently return to the symphonies of the moist, summer night. at least - you do until spencer starts talking about his interpretation of the novel and you listen, your eyes focused on the harsh, slice of darkness where the porch light doesn't reach.

[indestinatus]

feeling like a 25yo modern woman going out on dates and taking care of my apartment 😌

[mars-ipan]

hey folks did you know i love super dangan ronpa 2

[yshtal]

I think it would be rly sick if you went to go build a crow rook and the surname was Arainai

like…. just another little compradi trying to bring glory back to your house - rinnala and taliesin are dead by the house’s hand, zevran failed and deserted, guili murdered in the night, all semblance of power lost once again. the house is trying to claw its way back up, futile as it seems. that’s the way of house arainai, isn’t it? talon to knife to talon to knife to nothing, same as it’s been since the house first lost power in the early dragon age. but you, bright-eyed little crow, you’ll break the cycle, won’t you? for the family?

after all, caterina’s prized heir is right there - the demon of vyrantium, the infamous mage killer, sleeping just down the hall. you can be quiet, can’t you? all those means at your disposal, and all the opportunities you could want. you could find a way in under that armor, get to something soft and bruisable and make it bleed. he’s far from home, isn’t he? without a friend? confidantes are few and far between - even a demon must get lonely.

maybe he’d even trust you. you’re a clever little bird, right? you can find something to exploit. after all, what does a would-be talon do except claw, except maim? what else would you be good for? there is no gentleness to crows - you are here to deliver a message: run, little demon, quick as you like.

house arainai will make carrion of you yet.

[yourlegacysnotyourstosee]

There is no Heterosexual explanation for these guys

[dullahandyke]

wait its been so long since ive talked abt my ocs.... ive abandoned by boys!!!!!!!

[cowes]

just finished under the bridge (2024) and wow... what a terrible way to handle such a sensitive topic. rebecca talking about her book is her/the writers talking about the series and i just don't think their vision came across as intended.

e.g. rebecca says it's about young girls of victoria - about violence and isolation. and one of the final ~poignant lines is "it's mercy and mercy alone that transforms the human heart". i see what they were trying to go for, a look into the psychology of what could make someone do that terrible thing and then the psychology of what could make you come to terms with that and forgive.

BUT it ended up being a lot of focus on how sad it made rebecca and warren feel. and that focus just got more and more intense the further into the story - like, as more about the murder was revealed, it became more about rebecca, rather than the killers and, crucially, reena. just bizarre.

in an episode (can't remember which), rebecca says that she doesn't want to write only about reena because that would make it just a sad story. and.

well.

it IS a sad story.

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WHAT’S IN THE WISCONSIN WATER? (PART 5) - The Murder of Alex Woodworth

The scandalous love triangle that ended in cold-blooded murder.

Ezra McCandless, born Monica Kay, was a free spirited art student living in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

In the summer 2017, Ezra met Jason Mengel, a 33-year-old National Guard medic. The two quickly fell in love and Jason let Ezra move in with him and his then roommate after only a couple of months. She soon after found out she was pregnant with Mengel’s child, but had an abortion in October 2017.

Ezra first met Alex Woodworth at a local coffee shop. She noticed Alex deeply focused on his writing, and asked him what he was writing about.

Alex Woodworth was a substitute teacher and barista. He was very quiet, soft spoken and generally kept to himself. He had dreams of becoming a professor of philosophy. According to friends, he “always had his head in a book” during free time.

Ezra became romantically involved with Alex behind Jason’s back.

A few months later in February 2018, Mengel went through Ezra’s phone and discovered her relationships with both Woodworth and a second man, who was friends with Jason and who she claimed had sexually assaulted her.

Mengel confronted both men in a very public argument at a coffee shop in Eau Claire.

On February 24, 2018, McCandless sent a text message to Woodworth telling him to not talk to her ever again. McCandless blamed Woodworth for the ending of her relationship with Mengel, though she remained in contact with Mengel.

McCandless allegedly claimed that Woodworth was dealing with “internal pain and suffering.”

It was also speculated that McCandless murdered Alex so he couldn’t get in the way of her rekindling her relationship with Jason.

On March 22nd, 2018, McCandless reported that she was running errands in Eau Claire when she met with Woodworth to discuss their relationship. Ezra showed up at the coffee place where Alex worked. She said she wanted to end their relationship properly, return some personal belongings and also had some new art to show him.

It was during this encounter that McCandless purportedly stabbed and killed Woodworth, with the defense arguing that he attempted to assault her.

Ezra McCandless was charged and found guilty in the death of her ex-boyfriend, 24-year-old Alex Woodworth. She will be behind bars until, at least, 2070. She was convicted of first-degree murder in November, with the possibility of a life sentence.

She will have her first chance for parole when she is 72 years old.

What are your thoughts on this case? What motive could Ezra have to commit such a heinous act of violence? Do you think she just couldn’t face the reality of her decisions?

SOURCE(S):

https://www.weau.com/content/news/Ezra-McCandless-to-be-sentenced-in-Dunn-County-court-567657261.html

[boolger]

I’m not saying I find it annoying when people slam fanfic writers for writing dark stuff, like murder, non-con and stuff and then the same people are ALSO are big fans of stuff like Game of thrones, you, Hannibal and so on. Like. It’s fiction friends. There is a difference between fiction and non-fiction. If it counts in movies/series why not in written word?? Anyways

[homielander]

I hate that they made aegon a rapist (but in some episodes, they tried to give him depth and show how he suffers from his position). it's already not easy being team green, and we still have to pass as apologists, when that shit didn't even happen in the books and no one in that book it's a nice person. it literally is such a gratuitous scene.

me too🥲

aegon was said to get handsy with maidservants in the book but that was the extent of it (as long as we're discounting mushroom, whom i believe should almost always be discounted). i guess i can see why they would put it in there based on that, but they made the adaptational choice to whitewash pretty much every character except aegon, which would be baffling if it weren't very clear what their intention was. i think aegon may actually be the only character who is better in the book than the show. and he actually had one of the more interesting arcs in the book so it's depressing all around

if they were going to make aegon a worse guy than in the book, then they should have at least made rhaenyra book accurate, because making one of them a fundamentally better person than the other undermines the futility of the dance. but i do respect that they wanted to make rhaenyra more likable (though i would say this stretched too far with the erasure of every canonical flaw she had in 1.10 and the white hart) so the easy solution to preserve that theme was to not have aegon casually commit atrocities that are so cartoonish they're not even shown on screen. obviously then they wouldn't have been able to market a proto daenerys to audiences but maybe we'd have an interesting story idk

[surpriserose]

Just absolutely incredible how bad YiiKs writing is

[spacedace]

I know the collective agreement to kinda clown on the thing where a character's eyes are [insert color here] orbs, but I genuinely do believe it could be used to great effect...just, in a horror setting.

Like, that description is used so often in intimate romantic moments between two characters and I think using that expected vibe that that phrase instills and turning it on its head could be really fun.

Like (Trigger Warning for mention of some gory stuff involving eyeballs here):

Character A steps into the room and is caught by the intense stare of Character B's eyes, transfixed by their green orbs where they lay on the table, bloody and gruesome, the face they belong to unrecognizable where Character B lays on the floor, body in pieces scattered like rose petals.

Character A can't look though, frozen in place, captured by the unblinking stare of those eyes. The bright emerald green - they are emeralds, glittering stones carved perfectly, fitted in place of Character B's irises in a horrifying display of craftsmanship and skill - holding Character A transfixed.

Their heart pounds, breath caught in their throat, hands trembling and they are helpless to do anything but keep their gaze locked with Character B's as the world around them disappears, fading bit by bit leaving only deathless haunting shadows behind, threatening to consume them entirely.

[divinekangaroo]

Next in my series of applying my MBA to fandom: Tommy Shelby's Business Case for the Monaghan Boy Race Fixing Scam

Revelation: exactly how fucking high is this man's financial risk tolerance!!?!? Without limitation! and what the fuck is this asset structure? the liquidity?! the ratios are whack, Mr Greene!

Recommendation: do not buy shares in Shelby Company Ltd