Dive Team Uncovers Nearly 100 Cars in Chicago River Amid Search for Missing Couple
The Chaos Divers team took the plunge into the Chicago River last Wednesday in hopes of finding the car of Edward and Stephani Andrews, a couple who went missing in 1970. WGN News
A recent dive operation in the Chicago River uncovered nearly 100 submerged vehicles as divers searched for clues in a decades-old cold case involving a missing couple.
Edward and Stephania Andrews vanished on May 15, 1970, while driving home from a cocktail party at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Chicago. The couple, last seen in their yellow 1969 Oldsmobile 442, was reported missing the following Monday. Despite multiple investigations over the years, little progress has been made in solving their disappearance.
In the latest search effort, a volunteer dive team known as Chaos Divers entered the Chicago River last Wednesday in hopes of locating the Andrews’ car. Instead, they discovered 97 vehicles underwater, many of them grouped in clusters of 12 to 19 cars, according to Lindsay Bussick, the team’s manager.
“We’re more focused on the isolated vehicles,” Bussick told Fox 32. “A single car is more likely to indicate an accident, foul play, or even a suicide, rather than illegal dumping.”
Despite the large number of vehicles found, the Andrews’ Oldsmobile was not among them, the divers confirmed.
The team is currently assisting with 10 cold cases in the area, using sonar technology and specialized recovery divers. To date, Chaos Divers has helped uncover critical evidence in over 20 investigations.
Their search will resume in the Chicago River on Thursday, with plans to move on to the Calumet River—stretching from Chicago’s South Side to Gary, Indiana—on Friday, according to WGN-TV.
Chicago Police have yet to release details about the newly discovered vehicles, and it remains unclear whether any of them are linked to criminal activity or missing persons cases.
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