Kathi Edwards is a freelance correspondent for the Rockford Register Star.

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 ...

Karen was 23 years old when she was last seen attending a party with co-workers at a bar in the early hours of April 16, 1983. Neither Karen nor her 1980 Toyota Celica was seen again until now.

Karen was 23 years old when she was last seen attending a party with co-workers at a bar in the early hours of April 16, 1983 ...

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