Just one year after buying their first home together, Keith and Elaine Dardeen had decided it was time to move from the small city of Ina, Illinois. With a population of under 500, Ina had a surprisingly violent history, and the young couple dreamed of moving their growing family to a community that felt safer. The Dardeens had a toddler, and Elaine was expecting a new baby when they put their home on the market in 1987. Unfortunately the family wouldn't make it out of Ina alive. Thirty-five years ago today, they were the victims of a gruesome multiple murder.

Writing and research by Aurora Cady.

Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque.
For inquiries: [email protected]

F O L L O W  U S ! ! !

I N S T A G R A M -- @murdermurdernews

T W I T T E R --  @mmurdernews

F A C E B O O K -- https://www.facebook.com/mmntruecrime/

T I K T O K -- @murdermurdernews
Y O U T U B E -- MurderMurder News

Join our Facebook Group | to chat about true crime, and to join our virtual book club!

Join us on the Picnic app | to chat with us about the cases that fascinate you!

Use our link to sign up for 25% off Nuna - Our fave app for mental well-being!

Check out MurderMurder.news for the latest breaking true crime news!

For business inquiries: [email protected]

Submit a  spooky story: https://murdermurder.news/story-submission-form/

---
LINKS + SOURCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina,_Illinois

https://www.newspapers.com/image/439835968/?terms=russell%20keith%20dardeen&match=1 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVlFfoGr9CA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECy4FE27HuM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ7ZBWJ7D9U

https://tinyurl.com/yha5w6hy

https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/a-brief-history-on-the-trail-of-tears

https://www.wbez.org/stories/why-doesnt-illinois-have-any-indian-reservations/a0fe743f-9283-441e-810f-f13fe0dc5344 

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/family-mass-murderer-collaborates-book-stop-tragedies/story?id=20272515 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/441494870/?terms=russell%20keith%20dardeen&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/439835968/?terms=russell%20keith%20dardeen&match=1 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/141095397/?terms=keith%20dardeen&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/141110435/?terms=keith%20dardeen&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/764515630/?terms=keith%20dardeen&match=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Maturino_Res%C3%A9ndiz

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-03-13-0003130133-story.html

https://apnews.com/article/1c195e8625f4031078bb7a9b3946293f

https://tinyurl.com/2p8kzenn

https://idothingswrong.wordpress.com/2019/12/08/midwest-murdered-and-missing-the-gruesome-murder-of-the-dardeen-family-in-rural-illinois/

https://morbidology.com/the-dardeen-family-murders/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6351

Support the show