Calling it “an incredible miracle,” the family of Karen Schepers issued a statement Wednesday thanking all those involved in finding their loved one, who had been missing since 1983.Schepers vanished without a trace 42 years ago after a night out with friends in Carpentersville. She was 23 at th e time.“She was a young, independent, accomplished trailblazer with a very bright future,” the family said in a press release. “She has been missed and will continue to be missed by those of us who loved her.”In October last year, Elgin’s newly formed Cold Case Unit made finding Schepers their first active investigation. They created a podcast called “Somebody Knows Something” to solicit information and clues about what happened to her.On Monday, March 24, they searched the Fox River with Chaos Divers, a dive team that travels the country using sonar to search bodies of water for missing people. Late that day, after searching five miles of the river in both directions, diver Mike McFerron found a license plate matching Schepers’ yellow 1980 Toyota Celica.For more on this story please visit DailyHerald.com ...read more read less