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Elgin detectives were dubious when their chief suggested starting a true crime podcast to help find Karen Schepers. But it ...
Detectives Matt Vartanian and Andrew Houghton from the Elgin, Illinois, Police Department's Cold Case Unit are shedding new ...
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 ...
The 1983 case of Karen Schepers was solved 42 years later. Elgin detectives share how their podcast 'Somebody Knows Something' helped crack the case.
‘Somebody knows something’: Elgin Police Department launches podcast aimed at solving cold cases As their investigation progressed over the past several months, searching local waterways ...
Elgin police will search the Fox River Monday as part of a cold-case investigation into a woman missing since 1983. Officials announced in a release Sunday they will resume the search for Karen ...
Karen Schepers’ remains were finally identified after being found in a car submerged in the Fox River, nearly 43 years after she went missing, thanks to the efforts of the Elgin Police ...
ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- The family of Karen Schepers is speaking out for the first time since the decades old Elgin cold case was solved. Schepers went missing on April 16, 1983 after attending a ...
the only two members of the department’s cold case unit, started the podcast to solicit tips and bring greater transparency to cold cases in Elgin. While the initial idea came from Elgin Police ...