Weeks shy of the 42nd anniversary of Karen Schepers’ disappearance in Elgin, a major break in the cold case occurred. Her canary yellow Toyota Celica was found in the Fox River last week.
Days later the Kane County Coroner would confirm through dental records that human skeletal remains found inside the car, matched Karen’s.
“You put six months of energy into this case and all of a sudden you have something tangible you’re looking at,” Det. Matt Vartanian of Elgin’s Cold Case unit told NBC 5…