On November 18, 1987, three-year-old Peter Dardeen was killed along with his mother, Ruby Elaine Dardeen, and a newborn sister in the family’s mobile home in Ina, Illinois. The three were found bludgeoned to death in the same bed; a baseball bat that had been a gift to Peter earlier that year was used in the attack. Elaine had gone into labor during the assault and the newborn was killed immediately afterward.

Russell Keith Dardeen, the family’s patriarch, was discovered the next day in a nearby field, shot to death; his car was found abandoned with blood inside. Investigators noted no forced entry, valuables left untouched, and signs that someone had attempted to clean the scene. A prison confession by Tommy Lynn Sells was later judged inconsistent and never produced conclusive evidence linking him or anyone else to the murders.

The killings remain unsolved. Does anyone have memories or information about the family, the mobile home, or unusual visitors in Ina around November 1987?