The skeletal remains found in a car pulled from the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois this week was confirmed Thursday to be those of Karen Schepers — who was last seen nearly 42 years ago.

Juan Francisco Mendez, 29, was pulled from his car in front of his wife on April ... Mendez’s wife and 9-year-old son are protected under asylum after the family fled their native country ...

Divers at the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois, on Tuesday pulled out a car that belonged to a woman who disappeared in 1983, and skeletal remains have since been found in the car. The operation to ...

A car pulled from an Illinois river belonged to a woman missing since 1983, officials said. Photo by City of Elgin Distinct features of a car found at the bottom of an Illinois river helped ...

Police called for a wrecker to pull the woman’s car from the river ... The remains of the child, who was under two years old, were later found in the river, police confirmed.