Police say the car belonging to a missing Illinois woman that was found in a river earlier this week was located nearly three years prior ...

Elgin detectives were dubious when their chief suggested starting a true crime podcast to help find Karen Schepers. But it ...

The car belonging to Karen Schepers, who disappeared more than 40 years ago after a night out with co-workers, has been found in an Illinois river.

The remains belong to 23-year-old Karen Schepers, who was last seen leaving a bar around 1 a.m. on April 16, 1983 in ...

No further investigation was conducted at that time. The Elgin Police Department was unaware of the fire department’s findings until this week. What they're saying Elgin Fire Chief Robb Cagann ...

Detectives Matt Vartanian and Andrew Houghton from the Elgin, Illinois, Police Department’s Cold Case Unit are shedding new ...

The Elgin Police Department learned about the incident after the fisherman approached a police officer during the vehicle’s recovery Monday and mentioned the search in an identical spot three ...

The tipster called the Elgin Fire Department with the tip in 2022 but police did not find out about it until March 25, 2025. Chicago area officials have fished a vehicle out of a river containing ...

(Elgin Police Department) After initial leads dried up and no new information came in during the original investigation into Schepers’ disappearance, her case was moved to inactive. Over the decades, ...

Elgin will continue housing former residents of the Tent City homeless encampment at the Lexington Inn & Suites through the ...

which notified police about 3:30 a.m., according to a post on the Elgin Police Department’s Facebook page. “Detectives are actively investigating this incident and are attempting to ascertain ...

As police were recovering the car with the missing woman's remains inside, a man told them of the 2022 search. The Elgin Fire Department found Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River three years ...