MURDERED: The Dardeen Family
Added 2019-11-02 07:01:00 +0000 UTCThis is the November 2019 full-length episode
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In November of 1987, Keith and Elaine Dardeen were looking forward to the birth of their second child and were preparing to move back to their hometown of Mount Carmel, Illinois. Tragically, they would never get the chance...
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Sources for this episode:
Wikipedia - Dardeen family homicides
Wikipedia - Angel Maturino Resendiz
Find A Grave - Russell Keith Dardeen
Find A Grave - Ruby Elaine Cowling Dardeen
Find A Grave - Peter Sean Dardeen
Find A Grave - Casey Elaine Dardeen
Associated Press - "Family's Killing One Year Ago Today Makes Town Cautious"
Chicago Tribune - "13-Year Vigil Of Fear Eases In Illinois Town"
Dallas Observer - "Killer Smile"
14 News - "Unsolved murder still haunts Tri-State family two decades later"
The Southern Illinoisan - "Brutal Jefferson County murder still goes unsolved"
14 News - "Unsolved Murders: Dardeen family and Joel Kirtkpatrick"
The Southern Illinoisan - "Interview with a murderer"
FOX 2 Now (St. Louis) - "1987 slaying of Ill. family unsolved, haunting"
Northwest Herald - "Unsolved 1987 slaying of Illinois family haunting"
Additional archived news articles were used for this episode that are not available online. You can find images of these articles on the blog post on our website, www.crimejunkiepodcast.com