- year ▁old ▁Els ie ▁Par ou bek ▁was ▁immediately ▁bl amed ▁on ▁" G y ps y ▁child ▁kid n app ers ". ▁The ▁public ▁was ▁alert ed ▁to ▁reports ▁that ▁" G y ps ies ▁were ▁seen ▁with ▁a ▁little ▁girl " ▁and ▁many ▁such ▁reports ▁came ▁in . ▁Police ▁ra ided ▁a ▁" G y ps y " ▁enc amp ment ▁near ▁ 1 8 th ▁and ▁South ▁Hal st ead ▁in ▁Chicago ▁itself ▁and ▁they ▁later ▁expanded ▁the ▁searches ▁and ▁ra ids ▁to ▁enc amp ments ▁throughout ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Illinois , ▁to ▁locations ▁as ▁w ides p read ▁as ▁Round ▁Lake , ▁Mc Hen ry , ▁V olo ▁and ▁Cher ry ▁Valley ▁- ▁but ▁they ▁found ▁no ▁trace ▁of ▁the ▁missing ▁girl . ▁The ▁police ▁attributed ▁her ▁capture ▁to ▁" the ▁natural ▁love ▁of ▁the ▁wand ering ▁people ▁for ▁blue - ey ed , ▁yellow - ha ired ▁children ". ▁L ill ian ▁W ul ff , ▁age ▁ 1 1 ▁- ▁who ▁had ▁actually ▁been ▁kid n apped ▁by ▁some ▁Roman is ▁four ▁years ▁earlier ▁- ▁came ▁forward ▁to ▁offer ▁his ▁assistance , ▁leading ▁the ▁police ▁to ▁conduct ▁further ▁fruit less ▁ra ids , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁convin cing ▁them ▁to ▁det ain ▁the ▁supposed ▁" K ing ▁of ▁the ▁Gy ps ies ", ▁E lij ah ▁George ▁- ▁who , ▁however ," failed ▁to ▁give ▁them ▁the ▁desired ▁information ", ▁and ▁was ▁released . ▁E lij ah ▁George ▁was ▁det ained ▁in ▁Arg yle , ▁Wisconsin