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

When Karen Schepers’ remains were found in the Fox River last month, it was not only a moment of closure her loved ones had ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WGN) — The family of Karen Schepers released a statement Wednesday in the aftermath of a major breakthrough that brought her remains home after going missing nearly 43 years ago. While ...

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

Calling it “an incredible miracle,” the family of Karen Schepers issued a statement Wednesday thanking all those involved in ...

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 ...

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 disappearance of Karen Schepers, missing since April 1983, was solved by the Elgin police this week after human skeletal remains found in a car pulled from the Fox River were confirmed to be hers.

The Elgin Fire Department unknowingly found Karen Schepers’ vehicle in 2022 but did not conduct further investigation. The vehicle was finally recovered from the Fox River in March 2025 ...

the Elgin Police Department said in a news release on social media. Along with the vehicle, investigators found license plates matching those belonging to Karen Schepers, who was 23 years old on ...