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Divers Searching Chicago River for 1970 Missing Couple Find Nearly 100 Submerged Cars

The nonprofit search is focused on the decades-old Andrews case with no match so far.

Overview

  • Chaos Divers reports locating roughly 97 vehicles between Cicero Avenue and Diversey Parkway in the Chicago River system.
  • The team says dozens have been cleared with no human remains found and none identified as the Andrews’ yellow 1969 Oldsmobile 442.
  • Divers describe three concentrated piles of 12–19 cars each, while single, isolated vehicles draw closer scrutiny for possible accidents or foul play.
  • Chicago police have offered no substantive update and directed questions to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, which had not commented.
  • The crew plans to keep working river sections for several days before shifting searches to the Calumet River as part of help on about 10 local cold cases.