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Do you know who murdered the Dardeen family in 1987?
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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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
11/25/2025
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Has anyone else been struck by the unsettling randomness of the Dardeen family murders? It's as thou... ...Read More
09/04/2023
09/04/2023
Has anyone else been haunted by the mystery surrounding the abandoned car? It's still so baffling to... ...Read More
06/12/2023
06/12/2023
