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.

Authorities say skeletal remains were found inside the car that belonged to an Elgin woman who has been missing for 42 years. Police announced the discovery after recovering the car from the Fox River ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kane County coroner’s office announced Thursday night that the skeletal remains found inside a car removed this week from the ...

The Elgin Fire Department found Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River three years ago, but believed it was an ATV and did not recover it, according to a statement released by city officials. In 2022, a ...

When Elgin police discovered Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River on Monday, one question immediately popped into the public’s mind: Why wasn’t it found long ago? And did authorities even look in the ...

Elgin police believe Karen Schepers’ car went into the Fox River a mile or more from where it was recovered 41 years later, its locked emergency brake indicating she must have tried unsuccessfully to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ELGIN, Ill. (WGN) — The Elgin Fire Department and a team of divers began the process Tuesday afternoon of recovering a vehicle ...

Human remains were found inside a car pulled Tuesday from the Fox River that belonged to Karen Schepers, an Elgin woman who has been missing for nearly 42 years. Elgin police Chief Ana Lalley made the ...

ELGIN, Illinois (WBBM) — Investigators and divers are heading back to the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois, on Tuesday to recover a vehicle they believe belongs to Karen Schepers, a woman who disappeared ...

When his daughter went missing in April 1983, Loren Schepers chartered a plane so he could fly over the Elgin area in the hope he might spot her canary yellow 1980 Toyota Celica from the sky. The ...

A sapphire ring she wore every day and a 1977 graduation tassel from Sycamore High School were among the items recovered from Karen Schepers’ car this week and returned to her family, more proof that ...

The Kane County coroner’s office announced Thursday night that the skeletal remains found inside a car removed this week from the Fox River belong to Karen Schepers, the 23-year-old Elgin woman ...