Divers find car in Fox River in Elgin linked to 1983 cold case investigation
Karen Schepers was last seen at about 1 a.m. on April 16, 1983, at a bar in Carpentersville, Illinois, for a party with co-workers.
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Karen Schepers was last seen at about 1 a.m. on April 16, 1983, at a bar in Carpentersville, Illinois, for a party with co-workers.
Karen Schepers was last seen at about 1 a.m. on April 16, 1983, at a bar in Carpentersville, Illinois, for a party with co-workers.
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.
A second jet skier, traveling in tandem on a different jet ski, was not hurt.
There was no word late Sunday about how the jet ski overturned, or the identity of the person who died.
The wreckage landed just inches from a home in McHenry along the Fox River.
Gustavo Guzman-Perez's body was found Wednesday after he had been missing for more than a week.
A boater noticed a man's body in the water.
McHenry police are also investigating the disappearance of Gustavo Guzman-Perez, 28, who has not been seen since Saturday, April 22.
They named her "Jan."
They pulled her out of the water, warmed her up with blankets and hot packs.
Fishermen in the area called for help after discovering the body.
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A person was found dead in the Fox River in Elgin Wednesday afternoon.
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Dive teams planned to return to the Fox River near the Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino in Elgin on Thursday, to resume searching for a man who disappeared in the water on Wednesday.
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