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Cold Cases in Ina, Illinois

ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Ina, Illinois, dated 1987 to 1993. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Dardeen Family (1987) and the most recent is Susan Lund ("Ina Jane Doe") (1993).

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Status of the 2 cases
  • Unsolved 1 (50%)
  • Partly resolved 1 (50%)

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1 Homicides1 Multiple Homicides

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Identified 1993

Susan Lund ("Ina Jane Doe")

In 1993, the severed head of a woman was found in a state park near Ina, Illinois, and she remained unidentified for nearly 30 years as "Ina Jane Doe." In 2022 forensic genetic genealogy identified her as Susan Lund, a mother of…

Ina Homicide Age 25
Unsolved 1987

Dardeen Family

Keith Dardeen, his pregnant wife Elaine, and their young son were murdered in and near their mobile home outside Ina, Illinois, in one of southern Illinois's most notorious unsolved crimes.

Ina Multiple Homicide

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