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Ruby Elaine Dardeen, a 30-year-old white woman, was brutally murdered in mid-November 1987 in Ina, Illinois, alongside her family. At the time of her death, she was seven to eight months pregnant with a daughter the couple planned to name Casey. Elaine lived in a mobile home with her husband, 29-year-old Russell Keith Dardeen, and their 3-year-old son, Peter. The family was known for their quiet, religious lifestyle—Elaine played piano at their local Baptist church while Keith sang lead vocals ...Read More
Victim Details

Elaine Dardeen

Female

Ina

IL

1987-11

30

Elaine

Dardeen

11/20/2025