Adam Landerman, 21, is also charged in the murders. She started serving her life sentence for the murders last week. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Bill McKee said he went to the police when Bethany refused to tell him where she was keeping her baby daughter. Bill McKee was the one who called the cops on his daughter and her friends. McKee ran errands the next morning before she and Massaro smoked marijuana and ate a frozen pizza before everyone returned. Murders Snitch Getting Out Of Prison, Nightmare On Hickory: Joliet Wins FOIA Lawsuit Against Hosey. ", "Because I was scared," McKee told the Kankakee detective. / CBS News. POSTAL MAIL OPTION: EMAIL FORWARDING OPTION: TYPE AND PRINT OPTION: Bethany McKee #R91596. Bethany McKee was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday in the 2013 strangling deaths of 22-year-olds Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins at a house in Joliet, Ill., according to the station . Massaros plea deal doesnt sit well with Bill McKee. "I asked her over and over again, 'Are you serious?' document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); John McLaughlin Teen Killer School Shooter, This div height required for enabling the sticky sidebar. 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. Bethany McKee is being viewed as a monster when she is nothing of the sort, he wrote. At age 18, she was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. 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. Miner said he disliked Rankins and Glover after meeting them for the first time that night, so he ordered them to leave Massaros home. She was too nice a person. Miner told Joliet police he killed one of the victims and that Landerman killed the other victim. They are committed to regaining McKee's freedom, and trying to accomplish that goal in 2023. He did the right thing and we appreciate that, so our prayers go out that family as well, said DArcy Kent, Terrance Rankins uncle. Bethany McKee Sentenced For Role In Double Murders Nightmare on Hickory Street Teen Mom's Life Sentence Upheld Aquascape's Annual Fish and Plants Spring Sale! NW Side restaurant burglarized 4 times in 5 weeks, owners say: VIDEO, Trump team in defamation, battery trial requests mistrial, Paying more despite good credit? She squirmed out of the murder case by pleading to reduced charges of robbery and concealing homicides. Bethany McKees attorney, Neil Patel, told how she was raped when she was 14 and shortly after abducted and forced into prostitution. In my mind he was still moving, but the lady (testifying at his murder trial) was saying he was spazzing out or whatever., Bethany McKee | image via Illinois Department of Corrections. 2014 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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. The Illinois Prison Project is trying to convince Will County Judge Sarah Jones to allow for an evidentiary hearing on their efforts to reduce McKee's mandatory life in prison sentence. I couldn't even fathom that this was going on," he says. 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According to prosecutors Brittany McKee led the two men to their murders. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. 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. 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. The screen was turned away from the courtroom audience. A judges gag order had kept attorneys and others from sharing details of the case previously. Bill and Bethany McKee renovate their empty bonus space to flip it into their daughter's bedroom. When she returned, McKee told police, Rankins and Glover were dead. Like Bethany McKee, Miner was sentenced to life in prison. McKee was found guilty in the murders by a judge in August. The courts, however, have refused to correct this injustice, upholding Bethany's sentence on appeal and rejecting her post-conviction petition at the first stage.". Alisa Massaro struck a plea.