DNA testing on skeletal remains found in a car pulled from an Illinois river confirmed they are those of two men who vanished in 1976 after leaving a farm auction, authorities said.

He said that he was not surprised the recovered car was connected to Owens' and Hawley's cold case. A 1966 Chevrolet Impala linked to a decades-old Illinois cold case was recovered on Monday. WIFR ...

The remains were found after a car, a 1966 Chevrolet Impala, was discovered in March by local fishermen using sonar in the Pecatonica River, a waterway located approximately 100 miles west of Chicago.

Everett Hawley and Clarence Owens disappeared in 1976. The car they were last seen driving was found Monday. Here's what we know. ... Illinois. Owens was 65 and lived in Freeport.