The Dardeen Family: Unsolved Massacre
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- Опубліковано 23 бер 2024
- In this episode, Emma Kenny delves into the harrowing and unsolved Dardeen family massacre that left a small Illinois community in shock. We explore the chilling details of the night that the Dardeen family met their tragic end, the perplexing evidence left at the crime scene, and the numerous theories that have emerged over the years. This case study examines the impact of the quadruple homicide on the surviving relatives and the ongoing quest for answers and justice in a case that has stumped investigators for decades.
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Knowing baby Casey was born in this violent act is just … gut wrenching. This whole case is vile and despicable. 💔
Did I understand correctly that there were no signs of forced entry and the back door was open? That does not fit with Keith's concerns for his family's safety. How did the person/s get into the home when Keith would not even allow a young woman to come in to use their phone? Does that not indicate that maybe it was someone they knew well enough to allow entry? What a horrific case; extremely well told as always, thank you.
Yeah this seems REALLY personal to me. I know there were absolutely zero signs of an extramarital affair of any sort, but I wonder if one of the adults had a stalker.
Serial killers don’t usually put their victims gently to bed after, do they? Is that something that we see?
I feel like it was the husband's ex-wife (if he had one). They allowed her in the house, Keith decided to drive the ex-wife out somewhere, and she was crazy and had a firearm. Then, they had an altercation, and she somehow accidentally killed Keith. Then, she felt like the wife was to be blamed, so she went back to the house and killed all of them.
If someone knocked on the door was pointing a gun at you then I think you might let them in?
Utterly hideous, horrific, honestly there's no accurate words.
That's horrible. She is just doing a job. Apologise to Kenny
This video and the specifics are all those things. Kenny is all those things but please don't be so rude. Thanks
@@paulbinks-wp1gggo take your face for a shit :)
The queen has arrived. Shall we begin.
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Literally 😂x
WooHoo❤❤❤
Im here
This woman reminds me of a submissive pornstar who does watersports. She has that sort of face.
Omg the idea she automatically had given birth early due to trauma is awful and I never even knew such a thing was possible
It's the body's last-ditch attempt to save the unborn baby's life when it's clear the mum is dying. Same thing happened to Laci Peterson. It makes sense from a biological standpoint but it's so so tragic nonetheless!
This is one of the most horrendous and brutal crimes I’ve ever heard of. Imagine the trauma and horror of being beaten to death which causes you to give birth, and for the newborn baby to be beaten to death too. A special place in hell must surely exist and wait patiently for that monster. To me , this appears deeply personal, especially what was done to the husband
I’m so glad this case has been getting more attention. It has haunted me since I first heard about it.
Didn't the coroner say Keith was killed before the rest of his family?
As stated in video, Keith estimated time of death 24 hrs family 12 hrs. So therefore Keith wouldn't have been aware of his family's horrific outcome.
I thought exactly the same thing when she said something that didn’t make sense to the coroner’s timeline of death. I can’t remember what she said. The timeline of death is very confusing. If the family besides Keith were killed 12 hours before they were found and Keith was killed 24 to 36 hours before he was found, wait, I had a thought. Keith wasn’t found immediately and his death timeline was 24 to 36 hours before his body was found, that would make it so that he was dead earlier than 24 to 36 hours of being found. They really should have clarified that and said the likely timing was maybe 12 hours before the family was found dead. If I’m making any sense?
The family was found dead and had been dead for 12hrs - late the next day Keith was found dead and they determined it was 24-36hrs (they had been searching for him for an extra day). So within the same 24hrs. If Keith was so security conscious it seems unlikely he would just open the door, there was no force despite the guy saying he 'over powered him' but the car was parked at the police station (so I'm guessing the car keys also had house keys, but this would suggest a different sequence of events). It makes sense to me they would initially think mafia but complicated it could be a drifter/ someone they knew/ someone in a trusted role. The guy claiming he killed them was drinking, wonder if he also smoked weed as this would tie up better...
@@jenniferratcliffe6229 thank you for being more specific. I tried explaining but maybe not in the best way. Thank you for clarifying! 💛
This was done by someone that the family was familiar with.Keith being security conscious he just wouldn’t have let anyone in.I believe this was an Eliot Rodger type killer.A man that didn’t have luck with women and in his mind couples were disgusting for him to look at.Keith’s wife being pregnant and having a son also,this guy hated him because he was having sex and got to be with a woman and he didn’t.in the perpetrators mind Keith and Elaine were rubbing being together in his face.could be someone he worked with.im sure Keith told everyone at work he was going to be a dad again and this guy had to hear it all the time.The cutting off ofKeith’s pen** tells me he was doing this as a way of saying “now you won’t get to have sex either like me.“. The perp staying to clean the crime scene up says he was comfortable being there and probably had been at the Dardeens house on other occasions.this is only a theory of mine.
@emma Kenny this case smells very fishy, it also sounds so personal, and it feels like a inside job, many things don't add up, like why wasn't the husband killed in the house and why ain't they testing the dna and why didn't they allow the family to go on Opera show and Americas most wanted, someone, somewhere knows something, i hope one day we will find out the truth because I hate injustice, What a weird case
Unsolved cases are so important to cover!
I agree I think it might draw more people in and missing persons .
Whenever I watch a video of yours, despite those where the case has been covered by so many other people, I always learn something new which I didn’t know before, and your empathy and detail for the victims stories is beautiful
This happened about an hour from where I live. It's so horrible there has never been justice 😢
I think it’s strange there’s still no closure on this case. What evidence were they able to collect? When’s the last time it was tested?
I read a book on this case years ago and have watched several crime documentaries on the case, I wasn’t even born when it took place but I remember seeing crime shows about it and being so disturbed it still hadn’t been solved, they not only “cut it off” but shoved it in his mouth!
The woman who had knocked on their door at night several months before, her car had been sputtering and it’d just finally died, so she was trying to call her family for help, I’m pretty sure she came forward. It was like 15 years before early cellphones were a thing, it was dark and with all the crimes going on in that town, she was terrified and I don’t think he was even willing to call her family for her. So I’ve always felt it was someone SO CLOSE TO THEM, so well known to them because that’d be the ONLY WAY they’d open the door, plus no windows were broken, so they had to be allowed in, this is one of those cases that never leaves my mind, with beating the toddler and that poor precious newborn, WHAT WAS THE POINT? 😡
Well the “never was fed by her mommy” part got me. Been crying for 5 minutes.
Just got to this part, sobbing
Utterly tragic. I hope this case will be solved.
Will there watching at 7. PM. What a heart breaking case. Thank you for your hard work and dedication in researching these cases Emma . See you all at 7.00 ❤❤❤
Absolutely Agree!!!!!
It is also possible that the family of that 10yo murdered girl thought for some reason that Keith was responsible so this was their revenge.
Someone else as said this . Weird how car was parked outside the police station
We've just come home from your talk at the Apex in Bury St Edmunds. Was very interesting and informative. Thank you for a memorable evening 😊
Such a hideous and sickening crime. Even animals would show more compassion.
I don’t think it’s random though, it’s an extremely personal attack, on an older video I’ve seen there was talk he was running from something hence the random move. There were some comments accusing him of maybe troubling kids, disregarding the serial killer theory because it was never repeated. 🤷🏻♀️
This is a horrible case. Whoever did this clearly had no value for human life. I truly believe the staging was done to have an even more shocking impact on those who found the victims. The nerve of this killer is shocking. What an utterly horrific shock to the extended family and the whole community. I can’t even fathom the horror this poor family went through. The fact that this mom went through labour at some point only adds to the disturbing facts. From a psychological standpoint I truly hope that this poor mom gave birth to her child post-mortem. I mean can anyone imagine this poor mom, and her fear for her childrens lives. She would have been begging for mercy if not for herself but for her son and her unborn daughter. It’s absolutely unimaginable, and more than sickening. If the motive wasn’t robbery, then what was the reason? Was this a murder out of hate for the husband? Did they kill the family to punish Keith? Even though there is no adultery, was there a church member that had feelings for the wife or a jealousy for what the family had as a unit. So many questions. Can we really make any sense of this when we really think about it. Did someone have so much hate for this husband that in their psychotic rage their true serial killer traits reared up!! Did the perpetrator feel some remorse afterwards because they had feelings for what they did to the wife and children🤔….
So good of you Emma for diving in to this case. I hope your coverage helps pull this case back into the forefront. No matter what this family deserves answers, and justice regardless of the many years that have passed.
Well done, Ty.❣️🤞🏻🇨🇦
Ive heard about this case many times and ive always thought the same thing about the trauma of giving birth completely masking the signs of rape. I mean, often in early labour the baby can come incredibly fast and the labour can be even more intense and painful. I know the damage done to my body after a traumatic birth has lasted a decade and will probably last forever. Ive been told I will need a c-section if I ever have another pregnancy due to the problems and the damage caused. Ive always thought in this case that if the sexual assault on this poor woman was so violent it could have triggered her labour. If she was assaulted with an object that could have had an impact on her cervix and that could have started her labour. Its horrific to think, but I feel like it makes sense. I think this is one of the saddest cases ive ever heard 😢
This screams so much of hate or a total lunatic...how can u beat a newborn to death
Gosh, whoever killed this family must have hated them!
Was Keith very conscious of safety and didn’t let strangers into the house, because of something/someone that he was running from?
I’d not heard of this case before, thanks Emma for yet another interesting video Xx
This case is extremely difficult to wrap my head around, i mean, what the hell is this horror? I believe the killer is yet to be found.Thanks for sharing this Emma i would have never known about this.
I’m so glad to see more people covering this case, thank you Emma!!! Although I was only one (being born in 86) I know this case all too well as Joanne was best friends and next door neighbors to my grandma, and like a second grandma to me growing up. Now that I’m an adult I know where her stranger perceived harder edge came from - although it was a trait I most admired- she didn’t sugar coat or hold back. Hoping this case can get solved finally ❤️
Horrible crime x that poor woman probably watched her little boy die x then going through labour and dealing with that xx
Oh this is Horrific....I remember reading about this .....Absolutely horrible 😢
Thanks em. Stay safe people.
Thank you for being you and doing what you do! Love from Minnesota, USA!
Perfectly Said.!!!!!!! Love to you from Washington State
I haven't heard of this! Thanks em for covering it!
a truly haunting presentation Thankyou emma
Thank you Emma for your brilliant coverage of this case 💚
I can’t even begin to envisage the trauma this family went through. Made all the more horrifying because no justice was served. No amount of years is too long for this family to get the justice and closure they deserve 💔
If it were a serial killer, wouldn’t there be more family murders like this horrible one? Also, I wonder if they had any close male friends that was not able to have his own family for some reason and rage took over in a fit of jealousy?
😭💔 the thought of what happened to the family , especially the baby will never leave me. Beyond horrific.
Always fascinated by your insights Emma, tragic story but insightful nonetheless
I'm watching on catch up. 17 minutes in, I believe Keith raped and murdered the 10-year-old, or was a suspect to her family, which was why he was so paranoid in trying to protect his family, and moved into a more safe home. His wife and children were murdered in an act of revenge, and made to look like Keith was responsible, but Keith had his penis cut off for his crimes against the 10-year-old girl. Parking the car outside the police station was their way of handing in the perpetrator of the crimes against their murdered daughter. I might be wrong, but that is my take on this after 17 minutes in.
Wow yeah . Deffo summet to think about that hope Emma sees this comment
That does seem to make a lot of sense, especially the part about leaving the car to hand the police the killer. I can't imagine the anger you'd live with if your child had been killed this way, but I feel like they would have had to be driven to psychosis to be willing to do what they did to Keith's family.
If it was just Keith murdered then that could definitely be a motive but doesn't explain the killing of his wife and kids. Keith was already dead by this point so their murder's wouldn't affect him and I just can't see anyone brutally murdering innocent kids as pay back for their own child being murdered .
@jodifox9041 Emma mentioned that Keith was made to watch his family being murdered, I thought that too. They didn't intend on killing the baby that way due to her not being born, but when she was born, they murdered her too because the noise would attract attention. They still hadn't finished their intended business of murdering Keith. Murdering the son was in revenge for their 10-year-old daughter, his pregnant wife was an added bonus, I guess, but they weren't going to let her live, knowing what they had done and who they were. Like I said, I might be wrong.
@@martinduffy6530 I missed that part. I thought Keith was murdered hours before at a different location. He done something too piss someone off anyway so you may well be correct.
Hi Emma, another well done video and can not wait for your book to come out.
What I was wondering if you could recommend any reading material or videos that
Would be informative for my granddaughters on how to stay safe? I have 2 granddaughters away at university and quite honestly I am terrified for them. What doesn’t help is that I am a true crime fan and watch every thing I can find. When I see the girls I usually have a story for them and I know I shouldn’t scare them but I want them to know that they need to always be cautious with anyone. They are 20 and 21.
I’m wondering if there will ever be a time when you would consider doing a video
About how to stay safe . And also to explain what Do Not comply means. Love you Emma you’re the best God Bless You and your beautiful family.
12 mins into this and I'm already heartbroken, angry and crying.
Omg absolutely heartbreaking 💔💔
Just gotta throw it out there…
I absolutely adore you and this channel! And of course Chase 🐱 x Now to watch this case
Omg, That poor Precious Family ,This is one of the most Brutal Multi Murders I've ever heard! 😭
Love your videos, Emma
My heart just broke 😢
Horrific doesn’t begin to describe this case. I hope justice is served
Thank you Emma xx
When you think youve heard it all 😢
Horrible cases like this just makes me believe people probably are just making snuff films. This is so horrible
Hey I grew up in a town of 300 people.
I'm completely lost on this one. Im looking at the fence from like 100 yards away.
Oh wow. Such a disturbing case. Never heard of it either. That poor family 😢
I watched a prison interview with serial killer Arthur Shawcross.
He was describing murders very similar to this.
I've literally watched every available episode up to this one now with a lot of catch up lol😅
Love the intro music
Recently I seen this case and it's horrible, horrific,and beyond my comprehension. What I do know is that I fall asleep in my home soundly with my bedroom windows open so I can fall asleep every night listening the the waves laping the shore line and it's an intruder that will be the one terrified if they make the stupid mistake thinking my window is an open invitation...
I really hope to god they solve this case one day. What happened to that family is just so sick and evil it doesn't bare thinking about. They deserve justice.
Thanks Em, hope you had a good bday yesterday xx
Bit late tonight hope you are all well thanks Emma Pete ❤
Listening to this case makes me think of BTK. I believe this is an unsolved serial killer case.
💔 this is just horrific 😢
I lived close to railroad tracks and I remember being terrified of the railroad killer!
Random.
Serial killer.
Done this before and after.
Devastating case, honestly heartbroken, 💔
Professional job
I don't recall ever hearing of this town. This was/is horrifying. More than likely they were killed by more than one person
I'm more in shock that the husband was 29! Must have had a tough paper round
Christmas of 1997 i gave my oldest niece (32 yo) two books, Postmortem by Patricia Cornwall & My Brother's Keeper by Pete Dexter. Three days later my niece, her husband & their 5 yo son were beat down & their house burned to the ground with them inside. Their remains were in one coffin. The killers still walk free. Justice in a small Texas town.... I've always been bothered by the books i gave her, the titles were so prophetic. The only book that survived the fire was The Stand by Stephen King i had given her a few years before. It was incredible that it survived the fire & only burned around the edges. The title was burned off so i read the first paragraph & when i saw "Lawnmower Man" i knew what book it was. He was the super arsonist in the book. I know i sound like a crazy old lady but there are many things i saw & learned that will be vivid in my mind til the end of my days, photos, autopsy reports. My sister & i pored over everything & sifted through the burnt rubble every day for months. It took us awhile to comprehend that nobody would be held accountable. It destryed my our family & sent my sister to an early grave.
Mount Carmel as in Waco Texas as in David Koresh and The Branch Davidians ?
How convenient for Sells to forget what he has done to the Dardeens. I find it sickening how he is laughing in his prison uniform in the photo in front of a bus.
Whether he did it or not gives no closure to either of the two families. And for God's sake who kills a new born never mind the three year old.
Seems to me he wanted the attention which to me makes sense. RIP ❤❤❤❤
Could you do Zahra Baker the poor cancer surviver who was murded by her evil stepmother after being uprooted from her home in Australia.
Emma could you please do an episode on the murder of Sean Rossington no-one has ever covered this case except nightmare in suburbia. It's a really horrible case would love to here your thoughts
Can you also just when you get a chance?I know you're busy, Could you just take a look at the summer wells case. This poor girl vanished but the parents are awful.
Hiya There Emma im just watching now as i missed the livestream im sure it'll be TopShelf👍🏻❤🕊
This is such a terrifying case to me it sounds like it was someone they knew the dad was so careful and protective over his family he wouldn’t just leave the back door open or let this stranger in to look around, people said he was so nervous and scared of the area that’s why he wanted to move like he knew someone was coming for him? Just a theory but it sounds like a mafia killing
We need a Mariana Trench level deep dive for Sheree Spencer please. That woman is something else
The irony of the Dardeen family being murdered AFTER moving to escape escalating crime in the area, reminds of the murder of 12 year-old Brenda Gere in 1985. She and her family moved to the suburbs approx 25 miles N of Seattle, because both Brenda and her mom feared the increasing number of murders perpetuated by the Green River Killer. Thinking they were safer living somewhere that at the time, was quite rural compared to where they'd lived S of downtown Seattle, made the fact that she was then kidnapped and killed by someone who stalked her from her school bus stop, is burned into my memory. I remember seeing her missing persons posters at the top of my street where I caught the school bus each day, and her being my age, with a father who was a sheriff's deputy like mine, made her case really hit home for me. Brenda's father reassured her she was safe where they moved to... but evil is everywhere.
That is absolutely horrific. Moving to what you think is a safe area and it being your worst nightmare instead.
@@Celeste-yt6sb Right? I just remember being horrified that someone so close to where my family had just moved to, who was close to the age of myself and my sister, AND her dad was a deputy like mine, had been abducted (they knew pretty well immediately that she'd been kidnapped) If you're interested, the channel "Under the Ash Tree" did a really good video on the Brenda Gere case last year sometime, with more details than I even knew about. Ash takes a lot of case suggestions from viewers because she doesn't want to cover cases that have been done to death by other channels, which makes her channel unique. Her voice is like listening to a friend also, rather than just being a talking head, you know?
Absolutely heartbreaking 💔 and horrific 😭
Can there really be a God that let's this happen 😢
New born beatn 2 death o my goodness wow
Interesting case
I always get an inner anger when listening to the things people inflict on others but it is ever so slightly tampered by the justice meted out....LWP or Death Penalty. But when the crime is unsolved, I find that incredibly frustrating. The thought that some one or more did this and got on with their lives....Jeez.
Hey Emma can you cover Sheree Spencer Case please?? Would like to hear your thoughts 😁😁
I've watched some thing about this case before. Wouldn't his Penis being removed and him being found somewhere else suggest that it was a personal crime and he had been using his Penis somewhere he shouldn't? Also, they managed to gain entry to the house, and if he was so careful and scared, wouldn't that suggest that he knew the killer? But even then, there would be no need to kill the children. It's such a strange and horrific case. That poor family.
I agree that it definitely appears to be the work of a serial killer. I’m not sure about Sells though; was he just enjoying the power of true knowledge or lying like Lucas did in many cases? It IS sad for the family there’s no closure.
Hi Emma, will you do a video on Ruby Franky please xx
G’Day Emma 💐
Thank you to our True Crime Queen 👑 ❤️
Thumbs up everyone 😁 👍👍👍👍
Thee is an interview of Sells descibing why he murdered and he says something like theres nothing like the feeling of the knife going in and ive never forget the look on his face ss he says it,he was reliving it,smiling,stuttering.
It says I been member for 27 days ??? Have I .. I didn't even realise if I had xx
I don't think it was Sells. Scarily enough, I think the killer is still out there.
I dunno, I think this case smacks of someone they knew. This type of rage and removing the husband from the home doesn't ring true of a serial killer.
Can you cover the Lacey Fletcher story x
I cant help but wonder if he was suspected of harming someones child in a sexual way (not saying he did it just saying someone thought so) or of having an affair and someone felt the need to take full revenge on him, in basically exactly how you laid out. Made him witness the killings, remove his "manhood" then kill him away from his family.
This kind of murder happens frequently in south africa, where the wife and childrens are raped and murdered in front of the husband and he is either spaired or killed after just to torture him / have power over him.
I literally just said the same thing, saw a vid from a few years bk, that looked at from multiple angles and that was definitely one of the theories
Ya, theres definitely something there with the penis removal, thats personal and vengeful. @@bitterolive7800
He loved his family so I don’t think a affair
Dad was killed first so that theory doesn't make sense
I get why she wants to talk to him, but I also get why he is hesitant.
After decades of trying to understand why people like him do what they do I’ve come to the conclusion that I will never understand because unless you are a psychopath it will never make sense.
He wanted to, so he did.
Evil is just evil with no rhyme or reason.
Emmmaaa luv your content and vibe. Darlie Routier would be fantastic.
There's evil and then there's a whole other level of absolute EVIL
The way the man was killed that is a calling card for a mob rat. But the way the kids and mother was killed screams sadistic serial killer. I think it was done in that way to confuse law enforcement and it’s worked
Hi Emma, just to satisfy my curiosity, were you at the TC today?
Could you do the murder of Margaret Fleming? It's such a crazy story and I'd be interested to know your thoughts on it.
Emma would you ever consider analysing a character from fiction? I'm thinking of Tommy Lee Royce from Happy Valley.
He was terrifying.
Who from where?
@@user-lt8ce9js2p it's a British TV series where the villain is called Tommy Lee Royce. He is one of the most malevolent scary characters. It was on Netflix, not sure where you can watch it now.
I just watched the last series on ABC (Australia)
@@slange1829 Thank You for explaining that to me. It sounds interesting
@@user-lt8ce9js2p my pleasure. I hope you enjoy it. :)
@@slange1829 Tommy lee Royce is portrayed by an actor in a fictional TV series. Emma does true crime, real people, the psychology behind it. Why would she discuss a TV show? I'm confused.
Can you please do the disgusting and terrific high school mass shooting case of Ethan Crumbley? And the Mcmarthin preschool cases?
Please, I will completely understand if they're too busy this case deserve justin, please, and thank you.