PECATONICA (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - There could be a break in the case of two men who disappeared in Northern Illinois almost 50 years ago.
After an unusual discovery by a group of fishermen, Winnebago County authorities recently pulled up a metallic brown 1966 Chevrolet Impala out of the Pecatonica River.
That same vehicle is believed to be the one that then 75-year-old Everette Hawley and then 65-year-old Clarence Owens were last seen in back on Feb. 19, 1976.
Investigators have said the business partners attended a political rally, a diner and finally a farm auction near the Winnebago-Ogle County line, but we’re never seen again.
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office is calling an intense, multi-agency investigation and one that is ongoing. They say they will continue working to get to the bottom of the disappearances.
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