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Dive Team Finds More Than 90 Cars in Chicago River During Cold-Case Search

Chicago police referred questions to the state natural resources agency, which has not commented on removal plans.

Overview

  • Chaos Divers reported locating between 91 and 97 submerged vehicles across the Chicago River system from Cicero Avenue to Diversey Parkway.
  • The sonar-guided sweep is focused on the 1970 disappearance of Edward and Stephania Andrews, though no vehicles have been tied to that case so far.
  • The team says it has cleared 35 vehicles with no human remains found in those, and it continues examining additional targets.
  • Divers alerted police to a 2023 Nissan sedan they said was damaging boats, which they reported as a stolen vehicle from 2023 and had removed.
  • Authorities have not outlined investigative or recovery steps, and the dive team plans further work in Chicago with a shift to the Calumet River next.