Karen F. McGovern, 53, of Seneca, Illinois, was last seen leaving a party on East Bluff Street in Marseilles on the late night of September 26 or the early morning of September 27, 2010. She had driven her husband’s van to the gathering but when she went to leave the vehicle was gone, so she began walking the roughly four miles back to Seneca. That was the last confirmed sighting.

No bank activity followed and her cell phone was last used in the Marseilles area the night she vanished. Her mother reported her missing on November 4, 2010, after an unusually long period without contact; previous short absences had included communication. Court records show a history of mutual divorce filings and orders of protection between Karen and her husband, and investigators describe the case with suspicion of foul play. Searches of the wooded areas along the Illinois & Michigan Canal and efforts to publicize her image produced no trace.

What details about Karen’s movements that night or anyone who saw her walking toward Seneca could help move this investigation forward?