The Elgin Fire Department found Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River three years ago, but believed it was an ATV and did not ...

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

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 ...

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

Karen Schepers was seen for the last time on April 16, 1983, at a work party at a bar in Carpentersville. She was the last one to leave, witnesses told Elgin police at the time, and she was never seen ...

Dirck was recognized for his quick response July 25, 2024, to a call involving a woman being attacked by a dog, according to ...

Authorities say skeletal remains were found inside the car that belonged to an Elgin woman who has been missing for 42 years.

Elgin police on Wednesday said three years ago the city's fire department sent divers out after a fisherman found an unusual ...

Forty-two years after a 23-year-old Elgin woman vanished without a trace, Elgin police and a dive team searched the Fox River ...

As police were recovering the car with the missing woman's remains inside, a man told them of the 2022 search.

While the Elgin Police Department continues to work towards closure of Schepers’ cold case, police said her family expressed they wanted to release a statement to the surrounding community about ...

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 small vehicle, but did not investigate.