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Casey Dardeen

Case from Ina, IL dated Nov 28, 1987

Victim Details

Name

Casey Dardeen

Gender

Female

Race

White / Caucasian

City

Ina

State

IL

Date Of Death

1987-11

First Name

Casey

Last Name

Dardeen

Last Updated

07/08/2026

Case Description

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On November 18, 1987, in the small town of Ina, Illinois, a horrific crime unfolded that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Among the victims was a newborn white female named Casey Elaine Dardeen, who was born during the course of a brutal attack on her family and died within moments of her birth. Her mother, 30-year-old white female Ruby Elaine Dardeen, was seven to eight months pregnant when she was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat inside the family's mobile home. The trauma f ...

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I’ve been following the Dardeen case for a while, and while every detail is chilling, there's some... ...Read More
03/07/2025

Has anyone else been haunted by the detail of how the family was found? I can't stop thinking about ... ...Read More
11/04/2024

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