Cases

The interactive map below displays all current cold cases from the Elgin Police Department. If you have any information, please contact us.

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Cold Case Details

You can use the map / search tool above to find cases or click on any of the names below to learn more.

 

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Elgin Cold Cases in the News

Source	Title
Fox 32 Chicago	Elgin detectives use podcast as tool to generate new leads and even solve cold cases
Fox 32 Chicago	Elgin police podcast reopens decades-old cold cases in search of justice
Law & Crime Network	Law & Crime brings some of America’s greatest detectives to CrimeCon
Chicago Magazine	Listening to the Detectives: An Elgin police podcast helps solve old crimes
Chicago Tribune	Elgin detectives wade into five unsolved murders, one missing person case for new podcast
Daily Herald	Elgin cold case detectives launch season 2 of hit podcast
Daily Herald	Elgin Cold Case Detectives Nominated for Award
Another Nobody Podcast	Episode 31. 42 Years Missing: Karen Schepers & The Detectives That Found Her
The Consult Podcast	Episode 88. Somebody Knows Something: The Detectives Behind the Podcast
NewsNation	Illinois cold case solved by detectives’ podcast
NBC Chicago	What happened to Karen Schepers? Cold case SOLVED after 42 years | The Takeaway
Chicago Tribune	For decades, an Elgin cold case grew colder. Then two detectives started a podcast.
Fox News Digital	Illinois detectives use podcast to solve 42-year-old cold case
ABC 7 Chicago	Elgin police podcast aided investigation into now-solved 1983 cold case
ABC 7 Chicago	Family thanks community for help in solving 1983 Elgin cold case: ‘Miracles do happen’
Chaos Divers	Solved Cold Case Of 42 Years (Karen Schepers) Found In River
Daily Herald	‘An incredible miracle’: Schepers family thanks police, divers for finding Karen after 42 years
NBC Chicago	1983 cold case SOLVED after Elgin detectives’ podcast leads to clues (FULL INTERVIEW)
NBC Chicago	Elgin detectives’ podcast leads to clues in decades-old case
NewsNation	Missing woman’s body found due to podcast after case cold for 42 years
Cumulus Podcasts	Kenzie’s Krimes: The Disappearance of Karen Schepers
NBC Chicago	UPDATE in 1983 cold case: Remains found in Fox River identified as 23-year-old Karen Schepers
People	Authorities Discovered Car of Woman Missing Since 1983, but Here’s Why They Left It in a River for 3 Years
Police, Criminology, and Other Stuff	Karen Schepers, missing for 42 years, was finally found.
USA Today	She went missing in 1983. Human remains have been found in a car linked to her.
NBC Chicago	Suburban police to give update on decades-old cold case after missing woman’s car found in Fox River
FOX 32 Chicago	Karen Schepers cold case: Officials provide update on car recovery efforts
FOX 32 Chicago	Karen Schepers cold case: Skeletal remains found in missing woman’s car pulled from Fox River
ABC 7 Chicago	Divers find car belonging to woman missing since 1983 in Fox River
FOX 32 Chicago	Vehicle of Illinois woman missing for decades found in river
WGN News	New search begins in Elgin for woman who disappeared 40 years ago
WGN News	Somebody Knows Something: The Elgin Police Cold Case Podcast
WGN News	Somebody knows something: Elgin Police Department launches podcast aimed at solving cold cases
WGN News	Episode 2: Karen Schepers and her family dynamic
WGN News	Episode 3: Exploring theory no. 1, Karen made a desperate decision
WGN News	Episode 4: P.M. Bentley’s layout, the unknown Carnival and ‘some weirdo probably took her’
WGN News	Episode 5: The “Beaver Squeezer” and John Wayne Gacy’s nephew
WGN News	Episode 6: Serial killers in the Fox Valley
WGN News	Episode 7: Exploring bodies of water looking for Karen Schepers
WGN News	Crews recover vehicle linked to Karen Schepers’ 42-year-old cold case from Fox River in Elgin
WGN News	Closing the case: How did Karen Schepers get to the bottom of the Fox River?
WGN News	One last request: Karen Schepers’ family, friends and coworkers reflect on the investigation
WGN News	Somebody Knows Something: Podcast returns for Season 2
ABC 7 Chicago	Elgin Cold Case Unit launching podcast to solve 1983 disappearance of Karen Schepers
Daily Herald	Where’s Karen? New Elgin Cold Case Unit takes on baffling 1983 disappearance
NIU Foundation	Matt Vartanian, ’06, Helps Solve 42-Year-Old Cold Case as Elgin Police Detective
Chicago Tribune	‘Wyteria is Missing,’ new Elgin police podcast, delves into missing woman case from 1982
National Today	Elgin Police Launch Podcast on 1982 Missing Woman Case