Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley said the department is "disappointed" after they overlooked Karen Schepers' vehicle

The yellow vehicle was found 42 years after Karen Schepers vanished after she left a Carpentersville bar on April 16, 1983, Elgin officials said in a March 25 news release. During the search of Fox River, divers identified the 23-year-old woman’s vehicle using sonar technology and pulled it to shore, authorities said.

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