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    Elgin Police To Search Fox River In Cold Case Investigation Of Woman Who Disappeared In 1983

    Paul StukelBy Paul StukelMarch 23, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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    On an early Monday morning in April, 1983, 23-year-old Karen Schepers of Elgin left a bar called P.M. Bentley’s in Carpentersville at roughly 1:00am after a party with her co-workers. She got into her yellow Toyota Celica and was never seen again.

    Monday, the Elgin Police Department will be conducting searches of the Fox River as part of a cold case investigation into her disappearance.

    Detectives Andrew Houghton & Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit have interviewed members of Karen’s family, her close friends, and her co-workers to get a sense of who Karen was as a person; have tracked down an employee of P.M. Bentley’s who was never interviewed who reveals new information about a man who stalked Karen and her in the parking lot and followed her home in the months leading up to Karen’s disappearance; have had discussions with a witness who claimed he saw Karen with some bikers both inside and outside the bar and another witness who detailed her interaction with a man who allegedly claimed he was involved in her disappearance; and reviewed the cases of serial killers who were active in the Elgin area during the early 1980s.

    As a result, they have developed various theories about what actually happened to Karen that mid-spring morning. The search tomorrow follows from one theory that Karen and her car are submerged in a body of water, as new tips have come in and new technology has become available.  The detectives have identified the routes that Karen would have likely taken, have travelled those routes, and have followed-up on new tips about a car recently discovered in the Fox River.

    The Fox River search efforts are being completed with the assistance of the non-profit organization, Chaos Divers. These searches are being completed to ensure thorough documentation of the steps taken to find Karen Schepers.

    This story is developing.

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