Detectives solve 42-year-old cold case through podcast
Detectives Matt Vartanian and Andrew Houghton from the Elgin, Illinois, Police Department's Cold Case Unit are shedding new light on a decadesold mystery through their podcast, 'Somebody Knows Something.' Karen Schepers, 23, vanished on April 16, 1983, after leaving a bar near Chicago. Despite a lengthy investigation, her disappearance remained unsolved — until now. Earlier this year, the department launched the podcast to generate new leads on old cases. Remarkably, just weeks after releasing Karen's story, tips began to come in. In March, divers recovered her car from a river six miles from where she was last seen — with her remains still inside. After 42 years, the mystery is no longer cold.
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