Elgin Fire Department found missing woman’s car three years ago, but didn’t recover it
The Elgin Fire Department found Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River three years ago, but believed it was an ATV and did not ...
Third child dies after house fire in Carpentersville, Illinois
A third child has died following a house fire in Carpentersville Sunday morning. A friend said the third child, who was just ...
Kane coroner confirms remains found in car are those of missing Elgin woman Karen Schepers
The Kane County Coroner’s Office announced Thursday night that the skeletal remains found inside a car removed this week from ...
Machine catches fire at aluminum manufacturing facility in South Elgin, Illinois, officials say
The South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District said just after 5 a.m., crews responded to the 34,000-square-foot ...
Divers find car in Fox River in Elgin linked to 1983 cold case disappearance of Karen Schepers
Karen Schepers was last seen at about 1 a.m. on April 16, 1983, at a bar in Carpentersville, Illinois, for a party with ...
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Car linked to 1983 Elgin missing woman cold case unknowingly found in 2022, but was not recovered
That person contacted the Elgin Fire Department about it. The Elgin Fire Department's dive team investigated using an underwater, remote-operated vehicle equipped with both camera and sonar ...
Missing Elgin woman's vehicle found after over 40 years in Fox River
In 1983 Karen Schepers went missing after a night out with coworkers at a Carpentersville bar. Now, divers are searching Fox ...
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‘We realized this is legit’: Elgin paramedic remembers early days of COVID
Five years after the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in the suburbs, Elgin Fire Department Division Chief Chris Kennedy ...
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She went missing in 1983. Human remains have been found in a car linked to her.
The tipster called the Elgin Fire Department with the tip in 2022 but police did not find out about it until March 25, 2025. Chicago area officials have fished a vehicle out of a river containing ...
Vehicle connected to Elgin cold case unknowingly found in 2022: officials
A vehicle discovered earlier this week in the Fox River that investigators determined was connected to a cold case from over ...
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Authorities Discovered Car of Woman Missing Since 1983, but Here's Why They Left It in a River for 3 Years
The man called the Elgin Fire Department to report the discovery back in 2022 and they deployed a dive team, which “identified what appeared to be a small vehicle submerged in the water.” ...
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Third child dies after house fire
WBBM By Marissa Perlman, Sara Machi, Tara Molina Click here for updates on this story CARPENTERSVILLE, Illinois (WBBM) — A ...