The skeletal remains found in a car pulled from the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois this week was confirmed Thursday to be those of Karen Schepers — who was last seen nearly 42 years ago.

The car belonging to Karen Schepers, who disappeared more than 40 years ago after a night out with co-workers, has been found in an Illinois river.

ELGIN, Illinois -- Skeletal human remains have been ... as crews removed the 1980 canary yellow Toyota Celica from the Fox River on Tuesday just before 3 p.m. following hours of work.

Karen Schepers’ remains were finally identified after being found in a car submerged in the Fox River, nearly 43 years after ...

Divers are searching the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois, Monday as part of their investigation into the 1983 cold case disappearance of a suburban woman.

Divers at the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois, on Tuesday pulled out a car that belonged to a woman who disappeared in 1983, and skeletal remains have since been found in the car. The operation to ...

Karen Schepers and her yellow Toyota Celica went missing around 1 a.m. on April 16, 1983, after leaving a bar following a ...