If you were to sit down and have a conversation with her, you would see the person she really is, but no one cares to get to know a misunderstood individual.. On Monday, her defense attorney's motion for a new trial was denied. He is not scheduled to appear in court again until after the New Year. POSTAL MAIL OPTION: EMAIL FORWARDING OPTION: TYPE AND PRINT OPTION: Bethany McKee #R91596. Video of McKee's interview with Joliet Detectives Stephen Diehl and Tim Powers was played in court Tuesday during the second day of her trial for the murder of Rankins and his friend Eric Glover in January 2013. In court, Massaro also testified that Bethany suggested calling her father for advice on how to cover up the crime. Julie Larson, remains locked up in the Will County jail while he waits on his own murder trial to start. After the victims arrived, McKee and Massaro were signaled to leave so Miner and Landerman could take their money, prosecutors said. The Rankins family, while still grieving, say they are grateful to Bill McKee. https://abc7chicago.com/bethany-mckee-terrance-rankins-eric-glover-joshua-miner/380156/, Bethany McKee is currently incarcerated at the Logan Correctional Facility, Your email address will not be published. "First and foremost, we do not intend for our advocacy for Bethany, who was also the victim of violence during her life, to minimize the tragedy that two young men lost their lives," White-Domain told Joliet Patch during last week's interview. On the night of the murders, the four were drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes but ran out and robbery became the last decision made by the group. "It would have never happened if she didn't bring him there.". That story will also examine McKee's previously undiagnosed autism that prevented her from understanding Miner and Landerman's plan to rob Glover and Rankins was for real, according to the Illinois Prison Project. To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. It was McKee who actually called police which led to discovering the victims. Unable to come to grips with losing his daughter to prison, Bill McKee launched a blog questioning the conventional wisdom of the murder case. He said his mother, Jones, has not been sleeping well and has been dreaming about the trial. Then check out our Facebook page. And. He did the right thing and we appreciate that, so our prayers go out that family as well, said DArcy Kent, Terrance Rankins uncle. First published on August 7, 2014 / 6:58 PM. He is not scheduled to appear in court again until after the New Year. I think its because of the dreads the man wore, McKee explained to Joliet police detectives. McKee's attorneys chose a bench trial rather than a jury trial. On the video recording, McKee told Diehl and Powers she felt threatened into going along with the plan to rob her friend. I didn't want Bethany to get caught up any further into it," he says. "The fact is that Bethany was not in the room when these young men were tragically killed. McKee, 19, along with three of her friendsAdam Landerman, 20, Alisa Massaro, 19, and Joshua Miner, 25all face first-degree murder charges in connection with the strangulation deaths of Eric. Nightmare On Hickory Street Murders, 10 Year Anniversary For Joliet, 'With Some Reluctance,' Judge Gives Nightmare on Hickory St. Killer McKee Life in Prison, Nightmare On Hickory St. 2014 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Westbrook, 16, said he had no idea McKee was headed his way when she was arrested near his home. In his blog, Bill McKee said his daughter only stuck around after the murders because she feared she would be killed as well. Miner told Joliet police he killed one of the victims and that Landerman killed the other victim. Attorneys expect the trial to last about a week. His sentencing is set for later this month. He allegedly questioned her but did not investigate the racket upstairs, which she described as thumping that lasted for a few minutes. Joliet Zonta Club Awards Woman Of The Year, Karl Ferrell, Joliet Township Trustee, Cannot Stay In Office: Judges, Joliet Domestic Abuser Sent Off To Prison, Glasgow Pleased. McKees daughter, 20-year-old Bethany McKee, was found guilty of killing both Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover despite not even being in the same room when they were slain. She was sentenced to five years in prison but will be released within four years of striking her deal. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. "I didn't know it was for real. Massaro, who Bill McKee, accused of being a bad influence on his daughter, made out a lot better than her longtime pal. At age 18, she was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. Adam Landerman, a 19-year-old whose father worked as a sergeant with the Joliet Police Department, rounded out the group. Like Bethany McKee, Miner was sentenced to life in prison. "I asked her over and over again, 'Are you serious?' "Josh was like, 'well, you have to kick him.' McKee apologized to the families in court. Free Learn for Life Webinar: Entrepreneurship Fundamentals. Aquascape's Annual Fish and Plants Spring Sale! (CBS) For the first time, we are hearing from the father of one of the suspects involved in what Joliet police called the one of the most vicious crimes they've ever seen. She shouldnt have to be charged with both bodies.. Joliet Zonta Club Awards Woman Of The Year, Karl Ferrell, Joliet Township Trustee, Cannot Stay In Office: Judges, Channahon-Minooka Area Prospective Homeowners: See 5 New Homes On The Market, Female Joliet Officer Stabbed In Stomach During Arrest. Massaro got the plea in exchange for agreeing to testify against her three friends. Landerman then began choking Glover from behind, she told police. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. I just look at my mom its painful. But it hasnt.. At her trial, Will County prosecutors said McKee and three others Joshua Miner, Adam Landerman and Alissa Massaro plotted to rob and kill Rankins and Glover. The McKee Job: Directed by Cornel Campbell. It helped me build myself. While Bethany is remorseful, a life sentence in this case is widely inconsistent with principles of justice and mercy. Ok, I dont even know why Im doing this anymore, he said. McKee said Miner and Landerman used racial epithets while beating on the bodies. "The place we are in (right now) is post-conviction. One police officer remarked that McKee knew they were going to do this. / CBS News. Bethany McKee sat calmly in the back of a Kankakee Police squad car two months ago, arrested in connection with the brutal murders of two men on Hickory Street in Joliet. She started. In developing the plan to rob the two men, Miner said he and Landerman could kill them and the four developed a signal for the two women to leave when the robbery would happen, prosecutors argued at trial. Bethany McKee is being viewed as a monster when she is nothing of the sort, he wrote. Bill McKee was the one who called the cops on his daughter and her friends. Glover and. McKee heard one of the victims ask, Why are you doing this to me? but she did nothing, prosecutors said. A fourth suspect, Alissa Massaro, pleaded guilty to robbery and concealment of a homicidal death for which she received a 10-year prison sentence. A 22-year-old woman will be spending life in prison for her role in a double murder, an Illinois judge ruled Tuesday. Miner confessed to coming up with the robbery scheme. "It was one of the hardest days of my life thus far. Her murder trial began Monday. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. McKee's daughter, 20-year-old Bethany McKee, was found guilty of killing both Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover despite not even being in the same room when they were slain. I feel once this story is told, anybody would understand.". I know I would have been dead if I would have stopped it.". I was like, oh my God, whatever. Facebook gives people the power to. He also knew nothing of the murders from the night before.Westbrook did know McKee wasnt answering her phone, so he called one of her friends and found out what was going on in Joliet.She was like, I dont know how to tell you this, but Bethanys in jail for murder, he recalled.McKee was in Massaros Hickory Street home when Miner and Landerman strangled two men there, police said. "In her statement, Bethany also describes, horrifically, that her co-defendants later hit and kicked the bodies repeatedly and discussed how to dispose of them. Like Bethany McKee, Miner was sentenced to life in prison. And he was like, yeah, for real. McKees attorney, Bryon Kohut, also argues McKee was just 18 years old at the time of the killings, had no criminal background and suffered from considerable mental health issues and horrific abuses as a teenager. I thought by putting this blog out to the world it would bring me some advise and help. At one point, a clearly distressed Bill McKee says on the call: Oh crap. Their bodies were found with plastic bags over their heads inside a home on Hickory Street in Joliet, Ill. "She is the reason he was there," said Jamille Kent, Rankins' mother. Crying, and at times hard to understand, she read a statement saying, "had I known this was going to happen I would have made better choices.". He's like, 'otherwise we're gonna have a problem. '", When the detective asked McKee what would have happened, if she tried to stop them from kicking the bodies, she replied, "All three of us would have been dead. Massaro was sentenced to 10 years. He was referring to the day in January 2013 when Bethany allegedly called to say she and three others were involved in the strangulation murder of Rankins and Glover. McKee, who knew Rankins, told her friends he always carried cash with him and agreed to help lure him and Glover to the apartment to rob the two men, prosecutors said. He hasnt seen her since.I dont understand it, Westbrook said. He is crazy. With a clemency petition, there's no telling when the governor will rule on the request. I'm open-minded, compassionate, sensitive, emotional and loyal. "No one argues that Bethany wanted or even knew that Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins would be killed. Bill McKee said he went to the police when Bethany refused to tell him where she was keeping her baby daughter. McKee was only 18 years old at the time of her first-degree murder arrest by Joliet police. It would have never happened if she didnt bring him there.. McKee, Massaro, 23, Josh Miner, 28, and Adam Landerman, 23, were broke and wanted to buy more cigarettes and alcohol, so they hatched a scheme to kill and rob Rankins, whom McKee believed would be carrying drugs and a lot of money. McKee spoke with her father to ask for help getting rid of the bodies, but William McKee notified police. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. At age 17, she became a single mother. Rapper MoneySign Suede Murdered In Prison, Sheila Keen-Warren Guilty In Clown Murder, Christopher Gribble And Steven Spader Murder Kimberly Cates, Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead Murders 11 Yr Old Son, 78 Yr Old Bonnie Gooch Charged With Bank Robberies, Christine Falling Teen Killer And Serial Killer, Stephanie Pistey Teen Killer Wannabe Vampire, Christopher Simmons Teen Killer Sentenced To Death. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Bethany McKee had picked up her daughter when she saw police surrounding the house and drove to Kankakee, where she was arrested. I didn't think it would happen," McKee said during the interview. All Im asking for is visitation.Bill McKee, acknowledged Westbrooks complaints but said he is putting the childfirst.As responsible grandparents, we have (her) best interests at heart, he said. A 20-year-old woman from suburban Chicago will spend the rest of her life in jail for her role in a brutal double murder in Joliet last year. McKee and Massaro lured the two menEric Glover and Terrance Rankinsto the house by leading them to believe they would have sex, according to police reports obtained exclusively by Patch. Bill McKee is in court every day while his 20-year-old daughter, Bethany - one of four people accused in the 2013 murders of 22-year-olds Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover - stands trial for murder. The four young suspects, Alisa Massaro (pictured top right), 18; Bethany McKee (pictured bottom left), 18; Adam Landerman (pictured top left), 19 (his mother is a Joliet police sergeant); and. I knew Josh was crazy. Massaro made out a lot better than her friends. "It would have never happened if she didn't bring him there." 2014 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. He is awaiting trial. Its almost as if Im writing a journal now, No one is even commenting. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. She squirmed out of the murder case by pleading to reduced charges of robbery and concealing homicides. On Jan. 2, 2013, McKee had traded messages on social media with friend Jennifer Ortega about making money by selling old cell phones, childrens clothes or throwing a party and charging admission, Ortega testified. Officer Bruce Trevillian testified that Miner told him he had killed one of the victims and Landerman had killed the other. Bethany L. MCKEE, Defendant-Appellant. The groups like Depression and Anger Management teaches certain skills, but having a relationship with God teaches you how to put all of that into work and it shows the reward you get out of it, and that's really what helped build me. Miner alsoplanned to keep the dead mens teeth as trophiesafter theydismembered the bodies to conceal the killings.McKee allegedly had her little girlwith her in the Hickory Street house at the time of the murders. Murders Snitch Getting Out Of Prison, Nightmare On Hickory: Joliet Wins FOIA Lawsuit Against Hosey. "I am no longer weak-minded and instead I look forward to life's struggles so that I may overcome them in the right ways, finally, and grow even more," McKee wrote in an essay called "The Person I Am Today. It was McKee who actually called police which led to discovering the victims. Bethany McKee and three others are accused of helping to murderTerrance Rankins and Eric Glover last year. A Shorewood woman convicted in the 2013 grisly killings of two Joliet men has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to review her case and overturn her life sentence. He then stood up and turned toward the officers with a grin on his face. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. And then I cried.That was in January. When she returned, she learned Glover and Rankins were slain. Our story hasnt been heard yet, and the truth needs to be told, Bill McKee says in his blog. Who holds the state who offered the deal and the judge who agreed with it and signed off on it accountable?. McKee is on trial for first-degree murder. If given discretion, I would impose a sentence that was significant but would not be the maximum, he said. Miner confessed to coming up with the robbery scheme. A short time later, Joliet police arrived at the home on Hickory Street. Massaros plea deal doesnt sit well with Bill McKee. Judge Gerald Kinney was critical of the states sentencing guidelines. Glover and Rankins, both 22, were strangled to death. View the profiles of people named Bethany Mckee. McKee, 20, said she knew Rankins from Joliet West High School and he offered to sell her marijuana before "coming to party" with McKee and her friend, Alisa Massaro, at Massaro's house in the 1100 block of North Hickory Street on Jan. 9, 2013. McKee is now taking care of Bethany's three-year-old daughter. Attorneys for McKee have filed a petition with the Illinois. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker talks to the father who sent his own daughter to jail. Prosecutors portray Bethany as the mastermind behind the robbery plan that led to the murder. Bethany McKee and Massaro lured Rankins and Glover to Massaros Hickory Street nightmare house but left the room while Landerman and Miner carried out the killings, according to police reports obtained exclusively by Patch. One body was found in a kitchenette and another in a bedroom, police officers testified. JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- A Will County judge has found Bethany McKee guilty in the murders of two men in Joliet. "Can you please make sure my baby goes back to my mom?" Check back this week for another Joliet Patch story, focusing on Bethany McKee's job assignments in prison including her work as a certified trainer for the Helping Paws program that trains service dogs for people with disabilities. . Bill McKee confirmed he is the author of the blog, which also includes postings from Bethanys younger sister, Trisha McKee. She started serving her life sentence for the murders last week. Join Facebook to connect with Bethany McKee and others you may know. Defense attorneys argued that McKee did not physically harm the men, that she is mentally ill, had been abducted into a sex trafficking ring at 14 and had a history of substance drug abuse. When she returned, McKee told police, Rankins and Glover were dead. Thisteen killerdid not participate in the actual double murder however her participation would end with a life without parole sentence. According to prosecutors Brittany McKee led the two men to their murders. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker talks to the father who sent his own daughter to jail. Bethany McKee was sentenced Tuesday in Will County. Bethany McKee was eighteen years old when she participated in a robbery that ended with two murders. I couldn't even fathom that this was going on," he says. McKee said Massaro's on-off boyfriend Joshua Miner proposed robbing Rankins unless he brought cigarettes to Massaro's second-floor apartment. On the video, McKee told detectives Miner proposed putting a mattress on top of the bodies so he and Landerman could have sex with Massaro there. And Westbrook has only seen his child twice since her mother was locked up.When she went tojail, everything went down hill, he said.McKee, 18, was supposedly on her way to see Westbrook when she wasarrested in Kankakee. "This is really twisted," McKee told Diehl and Powers on the video recording. Miner and Landerman were also sentenced to life in prison. Joliet Area Prospective Homeowners: See 5 New Properties On The Market, Female Joliet Officer Stabbed In Stomach During Arrest, Multiple Bomb Threat For Joliet's Hollywood Casino, Angry Gunman Confronts Homeowner On Ingalls: Cops. Those who remained sat in a courtroom that was silent for 12 minutes and 22 seconds as prosecutor John Connor showed Amelio and Judge Gerald Kinney a video recording Amelio had made at the crime scene. According to court documents Bethany McKee, who was pregnant at the time, and three others Joshua Miner, Adam Landerman and Alissa Massaro planned the robbery of the two men. She has just gotten away with murder, Bill McKee said in his blog. She soon left the house, dropped her daughter. McKee was found guilty in the murders by a judge in August. Bethany McKee was arrested on murder charges in January 2013 long with her childhood friend Alisa Massaro, 20, Massaros boyfriend, Joshua Miner, 26, and a another Joliet man, Adam Landerman, 21. Bethany McKee had picked up her daughter when she saw police surrounding the house and drove to Kankakee, where she was arrested. But it hasnt.. Massaro, 23, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of robbery and concealing a homicide in exchange for her testimony. "They said, 'Oh, we can just beat them up and kill them and we can get the money because they knew he had a lot of money. It's a day I will never forget," he tells reporters. The altercation went on, Miner said, until Rankins and Glover were dead. If they have already proven that they are capable of murder, wouldnt you believe them if they told you that the will kill you also? Bethany McKee is being viewed as a monster when she is nothing of the sort, he wrote. Bill McKee was the one who called the cops on his daughter and her friends. The front door was unlocked. Rankins arrived with his friend, Glover, whom none of the four had met before. Westbrook said he and McKee were introduced by a mutual friend. I'm defiantly not the brightest crayon in the box, but I'm not completely . McKee was only 18 years old at the time of her first-degree murder arrest by Joliet police. She has just gotten away with murder, Bill McKee said in his blog. It's a day I will never forget," the suspect's father told reporters Thursday. I have a 6 yr old daughter who is my world. McKee is now taking caring of his daughter's three-year-old girl. Ortega said McKee had also mentioned trying to sell drugs. Aquascape's Annual Fish and Plants Spring Sale! Bethany McKee and three others are accused of helping to murder Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover last year. She also had a young daughter. The 20-year-old faces a possible life sentence for the murders of 22-year-olds Eric . Bethany McKee, 23, was sentenced to life in prison three years ago after being found guilty of murder for the strangulation deaths of Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover. Bethany McKee was arrested on murder charges in January 2013 along with her childhood friend Alisa Massaro, 20, Massaros boyfriend, Joshua Miner, 26, and a another Joliet man, Adam Landerman, 21. If you were to sit down and have a conversation with her, you would see the person she really is, but no one cares to get to know a misunderstood individual.. planned to keep the dead mens teeth as trophies, dismembered the bodies to conceal the killings. Bill McKee is in court every day while his 20-year-old daughter, Bethany - one of four people accused in the 2013 murders of 22-year-olds Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover - stands trial for. Mr. Massaro, the father of the host, was in the house that night. "I didn't want Bethany to get caught up any further into it.". After the two men were dead, Miner, Bethany McKee, Massaro and Landerman used their money to buy cocaine, gasoline and cigarettes. At McKee's sentencing hearing, her mother, Teresa McKee, said her daughter is bipolar, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, cuts herself, is unsure who fathered her then-3-year-old. The Logan Correctional Center is 30 miles north of Springfield and this is where McKee has transformed her life, according to her Illinois Prison Project lawyers. Massaro pleaded guilty to lesser charges and agreed to testify against the others. Free Learn for Life Webinar: Entrepreneurship Fundamentals. Bill and Bethany McKee renovate their empty bonus space to flip it into their daughter's bedroom. ", McKee's essay includes the following self-assessment: "Thankfully, this time I've been incarcerated has taught me many things about myself as well. McKee had no part in planning the killings, Miner said, because there was never a plan in the first place. Upon being arrested, she gave a long statement to Kankakee police, describing a conversation between Miner and Landerman regarding a "plan" to rob Rankins and Glover. McKee went down for the January 2013 murders of Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover, both 22, because a judge believed she came up with the idea to lure Rankins to the Hickory Street home of her friend Alisa Massaro. How much sicker can one get? First published on August 11, 2014 / 9:30 AM. Inside Biden's new mortgage fee rules. "My mind was racing with a million thoughts," McKee said. "It was one of the hardest days of my life thus far. McKee, who had her 15- month- old daughter with her, said she left the house to drop the girl off with a friend. In July, her attorneys filed a request for the Illinois Supreme Court to review the case. August 11, 2014 / 9:30 AM Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. "Alisa testified that the plan was for Adam and Joshua to commit the robbery. https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-joliet-hickory-street-murders-appeal-st-0802-20170801-story.html. If they have already proven that they are capable of murder, wouldnt you believe them if they told you that the will kill you also? Bethany McKee had gone to him to ask his help with dismembering and disposing of the corpses. When the teenage girls went downstairs, Massaro's father, Phillip, was sleeping on his couch and he woke up when he heard a loud noise from upstairs. Im holding him and finally he stops moving, and from what I heard in the trial, like I guess I was holding him like way too long, because he was still moving, Miner said. "Westbrook still doesnt believe McKee was involved in the grisly double-slaying.I dont think she did it, he said. Both bodies were face down with plastic bags over the heads, one resting on a pillow and the other on towels, the officers said. She and three others were involved in the strangulation murder of Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover, authorities say. We didnt argue at all. "She has no idea what's going on.". Its almost as if Im writing a journal now, No one is even commenting. They allegedly returned to the apartment where the bodies had been left and proceeded to kick, punch and bludgeon them. I know how Josh is Alissa has told me about him. In his blog, Bill McKee said his daughter only stuck around after the murders because she feared she would be killed as well. He and his friends got the idea to rip off Rankins and Glover because they were broke and wanted to buy cigarettes and alcohol, prosecutor Tricia McKenna said during Bethany McKees trial. Glover and Rankins refused to go, Miner said, so he swung at one of them hes still not sure which of the two men he hit and ended up strangling and a fight broke out. Bethany McKee, now 22, was found guilty in the double murder case and sentenced to life in prison even though she did not lay a hand on either of the men she was convicted of killing and was not even in the same room with them when they died. McKee is facing first-degree. I know I would've been dead," she said. It is expected to last several days. How To Contact Bethany: MUST BE 18 OR OLDER AND REGISTERED AND LOGGED IN TO WRITE BETHANY. She knew that she could become the next victim.". But McKee showed concern only when she pleaded with officers not to hand her 1-year-old daughter over to the baby's father. McKee ran errands the next morning before she and Massaro smoked marijuana and ate a frozen pizza before everyone returned. Massaro, who Bill McKee accused of being a bad influence on his daughter, made out a lot better than her longtime pal. "[If I tried to stop it] all three of us would've been dead. And he has lost touch with his daughter now that her grandparents are keeping her from him.Shes loved by both sides, she should be shared by both sides, said Bernina Westbrook.She can still see her grandparents. Their bodies were found with plastic bags over their heads inside a home on Hickory Street in Joliet, Ill. She is the reason he was there, said Jamille Kent, Rankins mother. She had their young daughter with her in the car when the Kankakee cops took her into custody. Bethany McKee, 23; Joshua Miner, 29; and Adam Landerman, 24; all were convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison.
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