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 ...

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.

When Karen Schepers’ remains were found in the Fox River last month, it was not only a moment of closure her loved ones had waited decades for, but also a validation for the detectives who led ...

And they knew their first case – the disappearance of Karen Schepers in April 1983 – would make a compelling story. But to put a podcast together, themselves, and host it? To investigate the ...