On Monday, her defense attorney's motion for a new trial was denied. A few days before Rankins'death, he bought beer for McKee and displayed a large wad of cash, which set in motion the robbery plan, prosecutors said. She said Miner wanted to scalp his head and wear it like a hat.. 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 couldn't even fathom that this was going on," McKee said. Unable to come to grips with losing his daughter to prison, Bill McKee launched a blog questioning the conventional wisdom of the murder case. So Josh goes, 'Well, if he doesn't have a cigarette we're just gonna go get his ass. "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. Glover and Rankins, both 22, were strangled to death. 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. Appeal No. JOLIET, Ill. -- Bethany McKee, 20, will spend her natural life in prison after being sentenced on Tuesday for her role in the 2013 murders of Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins. She squirmed out of the murder case in May by copping a plea to reduced charges of robbery and concealing homicides. To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to [email protected]. Miner strangled Rankins, 22, to death and Landerman allegedly throttled Glover, also 22, but the women were also charged with the double slaying because the deaths resulted from a plot to rob the young men. "Can you please make sure my baby goes back to my mom?" found guilty of killing both Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover, started serving her life sentence for the murders last week, police reports obtained exclusively by Patch, Massaro and Miner later had sex atop the corpses of their victims, copping a plea to reduced charges of robbery and concealing homicides, sentenced to five years in prison but will be released within four years of striking her deal, called the cops on his daughter and her friends. Bethany McKee Sentenced For Role In Double Murders In his blog, Bill McKee said his daughter only stuck around after the murders because she feared she would be killed as well. Bethany McKee convicted of first-degree murder in grisly Joliet Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Hickory St. Double Murder Baby Daddy Longs For Little Girl 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. When she came back in the room and learned what had happened for the first time, she was devastated and terrified. 2014 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. I'm like 'bulls**t.' Me and Alissa did not really believe that that was gonna happen. Attorneys for McKee have filed a petition with the Illinois. Bethany McKee gets life in prison in Joliet murders By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Massaro got the plea in exchange for agreeing to testify against her three friends. I know the stuff he can do. Julie Larson, remains locked up in the Will County jail while he waits on his own murder trial to start. 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. Bethany McKee had picked up her daughter when she saw police surrounding the house and drove to Kankakee, where she was arrested. 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. God taught me that.". Killer's Dad Launches Blog Seeking 'The Truth About the - Patch Before the trial began, nervous family members of the victims gathered to pray in a courtroom hallway. 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. I'm open-minded, compassionate, sensitive, emotional and loyal. While Bethany is remorseful, a life sentence in this case is widely inconsistent with principles of justice and mercy. 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. It helped me build myself. I thought by putting this blog out to the world it would bring me some advise and help. He did the right thing and we appreciate that, so our prayers go out that family as well, said DArcy Kent, Terrance Rankins uncle. He's like, yeah, we're really gonna do this. Its almost as if Im writing a journal now, No one is even commenting. 4 Restaurants In Channahon-Minooka To Take Mom On Mexican Mothers Day, Teardrop Pancake House Adds Dinner Menu: 'I Think It's A Great Menu', T-Mobile Tuesdays: Get Free Stuff And Great Perks Every Week. 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. At age 17, she became a single mother. 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 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. I couldn't even fathom that this was going on," he says. McKee heard one of the victims ask, Why are you doing this to me? but she did nothing, prosecutors said. She also had a young daughter. McKee, 20, is the first of three defendants to go on trial in the slayings of Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins, both 22. Im not going to take her away from her grandparents. On Jan. 10, 2013, Joliet police were sent to 1121 Hickory Street where they arrested Alisa Massaro, Miner and Landerman. Massaro pleaded guilty to lesser charges and agreed to testify against the others. 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. Who holds the state who offered the deal and the judge who agreed with it and signed off on it accountable?. McKee took her daughter to a friend's house and bought cigarettes and gas before the four suspects went to buy cocaine, she told police. Officer Nicholas Amelio testified earlier Tuesday that small garden shears, a utility knife, two hand knives, a pair of scissors, a hacksaw and a second blade were found near Rankins' body, along with a hand-held propane torch. 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. 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. And. In July, her attorneys filed a request for the Illinois Supreme Court to review the case. 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?

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