The Elgin Police Department’s Cold Case Unit, which we profiled back in January, scored its first big victory this week with ...

Skeletal remains found in an Illinois river have been identified as those of a young woman who went missing more than four ...

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 ...

Two police detectives started a podcast last year, which renewed interest and sparked new leads in the cold case.

More than 40 years after Karen Schepers vanished without a trace, authorities have confirmed that skeletal remains found in her submerged car in the Fox River belong to the missing woman.

Karen Schepers, a 23-year-old woman who went missing in 1983, was positively identified from human skeletal remains found in ...

The skeletal remains found in a car pulled from the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois this week was confirmed Thursday to be those of Karen Schepers — who was last seen nearly 42 years ago.

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

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