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Missing

Elsie Paroubek

Year
1911
Where
Minnesota
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
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What the record says

Eliška "Elsie" Paroubek (1906 – c. April 8, 1911) was an American girl who was a victim of kidnapping and murder in the spring of 1911. Her disappearance and the subsequent search for her preoccupied Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota law enforcement for six weeks.

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