Crime & Safety
Police: Elgin FD Divers Found What Turned Out To Be Karen Schepers' Car In Fox River In 2022, But Did Not Investigate
Karen Schepers was seen for the last time on April 16, 1983, at a work party at a bar in Carpentersville.
Updated on: March 27, 2025
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.
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That car was pulled from the Fox River with skeletal remains inside on Tuesday, and was found to have belonged to a woman who disappeared nearly 42 years ago.
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 one to leave, witnesses told Elgin police at the time, and she was never seen again.
