Episodios

  • EPISODE 11: REMEMBERING KAREN SCHEPERS

    EPISODE 11: REMEMBERING KAREN SCHEPERS
    May 12 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit reflect on the past 6 months of this investigation with Karen’s family, friends, and coworkers as Karen finally comes home and is laid to rest.
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    43 m
  • EPISODE 10: CLOSING THE CASE

    EPISODE 10: CLOSING THE CASE
    Apr 28 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit wrap up Karen’s cold case investigation by detailing the final steps in Karen’s case and they discuss what they believed most likely happened to Karen on that fateful night in April of 1983.
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    22 m
  • EPISODE 9: CHAOS DIVERS

    EPISODE 9: CHAOS DIVERS
    Apr 14 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit speak with Jacob Grubbs and Lindsay Bussick from Chaos Divers, the group which was instrumental in bringing Karen Schepers home, to talk about their organization, their experience in search and recovery, and their amazing work on Karen’s case.
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    32 m
  • EPISODE 8: THE DIVE

    EPISODE 8: THE DIVE
    Mar 31 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit search the Fox River with the Illinois-based search and recovery team Chaos Divers and make a discovery almost 42 years in the making.
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    27 m
  • EPISODE 7: BODIES OF WATER

    EPISODE 7: BODIES OF WATER
    Mar 17 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit move up their original Theory #6, that Karen and her car are submerged in a body of water, as new tips come in and new technology becomes available. They identify the routes that Karen would have likely taken, travel those routes, and follow-up on new tips about a car recently discovered in the Fox River.
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    38 m
  • EPISODE 6: SERIAL KILLERS ON THE FOX

    EPISODE 6: SERIAL KILLERS ON THE FOX
    Mar 17 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit review multiple serial killers who were active in the Elgin area in the early 1980’s and travel to the Pontiac Correctional Facility to interview Brian Dugan, an Illinois serial killer who is serving a life sentence for three murders in the area, one of which has similarities to Karen’s disappearance.
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    30 m
  • EPISODE 5: LURKING IN THE PARKING LOT

    EPISODE 5: LURKING IN THE PARKING LOT
    Mar 3 2025

    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit continue their investigation into Theory #2, that something happened at PM Bentley’s. As they review the case file, they discover that a former employee of PM Bentley’s was never interviewed, so they track her down and she reveals new information about a man who stalked her and her and her car in the parking lot and followed her home in the months leading up to Karen’s disappearance.
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    34 m
  • EPISODE 4: THE BIKERS AND THE VAN

    EPISODE 4: THE BIKERS AND THE VAN
    Mar 3 2025
    Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian from the Elgin Police Department Cold Case Unit travel to the site where PM Bentley’s was in 1983 with the owner as they investigate Theory #2, that something happened at PM Bentley’s. They discuss a witness who claimed he saw Karen with some bikers both inside and outside the bar and another witness who detailed her interaction with a man who allegedly claimed he was involved in her disappearance.
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    39 m