Archive · 5 Sep 2025
Divers Find 97 Cars in Chicago River, Cold Case
Imagine police are trying to solve a mystery from a long time ago.
A couple disappeared in Chicago in 1970, and the police thought their car might be in the river.
They hired some special divers to look.
The divers went down into the river to search for the missing car.
But instead of one car, they found almost a hundred!
It's like a secret underwater car graveyard.
The divers usually help the police solve other old cases too.
Now they're trying to figure out how all those cars ended up in the river.
Divers were searching the Chicago River as part of a cold case investigation.
The search was initiated to recover wreckage of a vehicle related to a missing couple from 1970.
Instead of the expected single car, divers found 97 vehicles in the river.
The divers team often help Chicago police with new and cold cases in waterways.
The cars were found between Cicero Avenue and Diversey Parkway.
- Who
- Divers from Chaos Divers dive team, and Chicago Police searching for a missing couple
- What
- Discovered 97 cars while searching for a missing vehicle in a cold case.
- When
- The discovery occurred recently, while the case dates back to May 15, 1970.
- Where
- Chicago River, between Cicero Avenue and Diversey Parkway.
- Why
- To investigate a cold case involving a missing couple and their car.
- Event
- Discovery of 97 cars in the Chicago River
- Location
- Chicago River
- Number of Cars Found
- 97
- Lead Investigator
- Chaos Divers dive team
- Original Missing Persons
- Edward and Stephania Andrew
- Missing Since
- May 15, 1970