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Welcome to the Brief and Vengeable True crime podcast, 10-minute murder.

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Our story today is the slaughter of the Dardine family.

81-year-old Joanne Dardine walks in the shadow of her only son's brutal murder and the slaughter of his family.

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Now, the slaughter of the Dardine family. Both Dardines went by their middle names. Keith, a native of Mount Carmel, bought a trailer home in 1986 after completing the training required for his job as a treatment plant operator at the Rind Lake Water Conservatory District's nearby facility.

Elaine, who was from Albion, a little closer to Ina, moved there later with their two-year-old

son, Peter. They rented the land that it sat on from a nearby farming couple. When not working,

the couple were part of the musical ensemble at a small Baptist church in the village. Keith sing

leaked vocals. Elaine played the piano. In 1987, Elaine became pregnant with the couple's second child.

They had decided to name it either Ian or Casey, depending on whether it was a boy or a girl.

The pending addition to the family had led Keith and Elaine to strongly consider moving.

By late in the year, they had put the mobile home up for sale.

However, that was not the only reason for the move. According to Joanne Dardine, Keith's mother,

he had said he would move back to Mount Carmel even if they were unable to find jobs there before

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