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Russell Keith Dardeen

Case from Ina, IL dated Nov 18, 1987

Victim Details

Russell "Keith" Dardeen

November 29, 2022

Male

Caucasian / White

Ina

IL

1987-11-18

1987-11-17

1958-06-22

29

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Russell Keith

Dardeen

06/27/2026


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On 18 November 1987, 29-year-old male victim Russell Keith Dardeen failed to appear for his shift at the Rend Lake water-treatment plant. When deputies entered his beige-and-white trailer outside Ina, Illinois, they discovered a scene of staggering brutality that would reverberate through southern Illinois for decades. Inside the master bedroom lay the bodies of his 30-year-old pregnant wife, Ruby Elaine Dardeen, their 2-year-old son Peter, and the newborn daughter Elaine had delivered during th ...
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  • Inside the Chilling Dardeen Family Murders: Who Killed Them?
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