Elgin police detectives Matt Vartanian, left, and Andrew Houghton watch as Mike McFerron of Chaos Divers goes into the Fox River in Elgin in March. Authorities found the car that belonged to Karen Schepers. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com

The Elgin Police Department detectives who located the body of a woman missing for 42 years have been nominated for the 2025 “America’s Greatest Detective” award by Law&Crime , a true crime and live trial network.

Detectives Matt Vartanian and Andrew Houghton took on the mystery of what happened to then 23-year-old Karen Schepers, who went missing after a night out with friends in Carpentersville in 1983, as the first investigation of the department’s new Cold Case Unit last October. https://www.dailyherald.com/20250402/news/an-incredible-miracle-sch

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