JOLIET, IL A Shorewood mom locked up when she was just 18 for the Nightmare on Hickory Street murders had her life sentence upheld by an appellate court. Joshua Miner, 26, the mastermind behind the murders, was found guilty last month. Adam Landerman, a 19-year-old whose father worked as a sergeant with the Joliet Police Department, rounded out the group. Its almost as if Im writing a journal now, No one is even commenting. Unlike McKee, Massaro pleaded guilty to a reduced felony charge and she got out of prison in 2018, after only five years of incarceration. Before the trial began, nervous family members of the victims gathered to pray in a courtroom hallway. 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. The house where the Nightmare on Hickory Street murders happened was. 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. POSTAL MAIL OPTION: EMAIL FORWARDING OPTION: TYPE AND PRINT OPTION: Bethany McKee #R91596. "However, she could not recall any specific statement that Bethany made," the Illinois Prison Project lawyers argue on McKee's behalf. 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. Bethany McKee had gone to him to ask his help with dismembering and disposing of the corpses. 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. She squirmed out of the murder case in May by copping a plea to reduced charges of robbery and concealing homicides. "It was one of the hardest days of my life thus far. She was sentenced to five years in prison but will be released within four years of striking her deal. 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. Now 28, McKee has made a remarkable turnaround of her life, according to lawyers at the Illinois Prison Project. "Renovation Realities" The McKee Job (TV Episode 2015) - IMDb Aquascape's Annual Fish and Plants Spring Sale! 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. Rankinswas carrying $120, which McKee and the others divided up to pay for gas, alcohol and cigarettes, prosecutors said. 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. Its almost as if Im writing a journal now, No one is even commenting. After getting the phone call, McKee said he immediately called police. 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. Her murder trial began Monday. With a clemency petition, there's no telling when the governor will rule on the request. 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.
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