Jesse Vang has to stand trial for the death of a three-year-old boy

After hearing testimony from the two witnesses about the investigative process, Judge Anthony Lambrecht concluded that there was sufficient cause to move forward with charges of physical abuse of a child resulting in death and hiding a corpse against Vang. However, the preliminary hearing is only one step in the legal process and Vang is still presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Related: Elijah Vue's mother, Katrina B. Baur, and her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, have been charged in the 3-year-old's death

Katrina B. Baur, Elijah's mother, was also arrested in February and charged with child neglect and obstructing an officer. Like Vang, her charges were dismissed when she was recently charged with chronic neglect of a child – resulting in death, neglect of a child and two counts of obstructing an officer.

Baur's next court date is December 20 for “further proceedings.”

Elijah was reported missing by Vang on February 20th. After nearly seven months of police and municipal searches, the boy's skeletal remains were found on September 7 on private property just over 5 kilometers from Vang's Two Rivers apartment, near a house where Baur used to live with Elia .