Elgin police believe Karen Schepers’ car went into the Fox River a mile or more from where it was recovered 41 years later, ...

After a 42-year-long cold case, detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian finally found Karen Schepers and her 1980 ...

They have since been identified as those of 23-year-old Karen Schepers, who was last seen around 1 a.m. on April 16, 1983, the Elgin Police Department said in a news release. Police said the Kane ...

To share with the world their search for Karen Schepers, a young Elgin woman missing for more than 40 years? The detectives wondered if they could do it and, at first, wondered if it could even help.

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.

ELGIN, Ill. (WGN) — Nearly 42 years after her disappearance, Karen Schepers’ family still maintains her childhood home in ...