Police in Illinois have identified the skeletal remains of a young woman who went missing 40 years ago, crediting the ...

Karen Schepers and her yellow Toyota Celica went missing around 1 a.m. on April 16, 1983, after leaving a bar following a ...

Karen Schepers’ remains were finally identified after being found in a car submerged in the Fox River, nearly 43 years after ...

Karen Schepers' 1983 disappearance is resolved as divers locate her car in the Fox River, providing closure to her family.

Neither Schepers nor her 1980 Toyota Celica were seen again, until now. In January, detectives from the Elgin Cold Case Unit started a podcast in an effort to solve the case.

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- A vehicle recovered from the Fox River this week linked to the 1983 cold case of missing woman Karen Schepers was initially found in 2022, officials said Thursday. First ...

It belonged to Karen Schepers, an Elgin woman who disappeared more than 40 years ago. Karen was 23 years old when she was last seen attending a party with coworkers at a bar in Carpentersville in ...

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“The work of the Elgin Police Department, Chaos Divers and all involved parties demonstrates our unwavering commitment to finding answers for Karen Schepers and her family. We will continue to ...

ELGIN, Illinois (WBBM) -- Elgin police on Wednesday said three years ago the city's fire department sent divers out after a fisherman found an unusual object in the river — and found a ...