She was a young, independent, accomplished trailblazer with a very bright future,” the family said in a press release.

More than 40 years after Karen Schepers vanished without a trace, authorities have confirmed that skeletal remains found in a ...

The Kane County coroner said the remains, found Tuesday, belonged to Karen Schepers, who went missing 42 years ago.

The Kane County Coroner’s Office announced Thursday night that the skeletal remains found inside a car removed this week from ...

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

Karen Schepers' 1983 disappearance is resolved as divers locate her car in the Fox River, providing closure to her family.

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.

Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley discusses the Karen Schepers missing person case with two detectives who found her car and remains in the Fox River after 41 years.

Karen Schepers, a 23-year-old woman who went missing in 1983, was positively identified from human skeletal remains found in a car pulled from the Fox River in Illinois.