Police: Skeletal remains found in missing Elgin woman’s car

Authorities say skeletal remains were found inside the car that belonged to an Elgin woman who has been missing for 42 years.

Police announced the discovery after recovering the car from the Fox River on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people watched from both sides of the river throughout the afternoon as Karen Schepers’ yellow Toyota Celica was recovered largely intact.

Schepers was 23 when she disappeared after attending a party with coworkers at a Carpentersville bar in 1983.

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