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Victims of Joliet Double Murder Found With Plastic Bags Over Heads

The friends slain in a North Hickory Street house were left dead while their killers partied and played, police said.

 

The two Joliet men found strangled in a North Hickory Street house last week were left with plastic bags over their heads, a source close to the case said.

Joliet police officers acting on a tip that there were two dead bodies in the 1121 N. Hickory St. home of Alisa Massaro, 18, made the grisly discovery. They also happened upon Massaro and two of her friends—Joshua Miner, 24, and Adam Landerman, 19—playing video games with the corpses nearby.

Police say the dead men, Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover, both 22, had been strangled. But a source said officers found Rankins and Glover with plastic bags over their heads and it is unclear whether they were left to suffocate after being choked unconscious.

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Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil said the preliminary cause of death remains strangulation but the probe remains ongoing.

"There's still outstanding toxicological testing, the police investigation and all that that's still out there," O'Neil said.

Miner, Landerman and Massaro all were taken into custody at Massaro's home. A second woman, 18-year-old Bethany McKee of Shorewood, was arrested in Kankakee. Kankakee Police Chief Larry Regnier has failed to return repeated phone calls about the circumstances of McKee's arrest, and whether she was apprehended with her year-old child.

Landerman is the son of Joliet police Sgt. Julie Larson. Larson was not involved in the murder investigation, said Joliet Police Chief Mike Trafton.

Massaro, McKee, Landerman and Miner are being held at the Will County jail on charges of first-degree murder. Judge Daniel Rozak set bond for each of them at $10 million.

Trafton, who called the killings "one of the most brutal, heinous, really upsetting things" he has encountered in his career, said the murder was motivated by robbery. Police believe Massaro, McKee, Landerman and Miner lured Glover and Rankins to the house to rip them off and kill them.

After slaying the two young men, Trafton said, Massaro, McKee, Landerman and Miner "continued the party atmosphere" in the Hickory Street house.

The four alleged killers intended to dismember the bodies of their victims, a source said, and went so far as to prepare to butcher the corpses, but they apparently never got around to it.

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Related Topics: Adam Landerman, Alisa Massaro, Bethany McKee, Eric Glover, Joliet double murder, Joshua Miner, and Terrance Rankins

Tony

12:28 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Glover was a semi pro football player and in excellant physical condition so there has to be more to the story than is being told now.

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TRUBLU

12:38 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

I agree...Must have been a surprise attack. maybe the guys were hiding and waited for the victims to get into a vulnerable position.

Kristine Neumann

1:49 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Who called in the tip to the police?

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Royal

1:59 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Bethany calld in the tip once she thought she was safe in kankakee. Where was her remorse when they were chokin T&E. Why cudnt she call it in right after ?? or hell even tried to stop it n da 1st place?? Smfh i hope god has mercy on their souls

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Jerry

3:21 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Where has it been reported that Bethany called it in? I haven't seen this.

concerned

2:23 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

I believe something else went down in that house.

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dothie ward

2:54 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

U play on Team Satan, u will always lose!

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Jessica Hart

2:55 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

@Royal, how do you think Bethany could have stopped the murder, even if she wanted to? She was a short, overweight girl against a group who had just managed to overpower and strangle two athletic guys with their bare hands. If she had tried anything, I'm sure they would have happily made it three victims...

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Voice of Reason

2:08 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

How about call the police right away?

laura broadwell

3:31 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

i think something else happened there.i just dont think those wimpy looking culprits could of had the physical ability to take them guys on.seems awful unlikely;

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concerned

11:35 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Laura i agree i thinkothers were invovled as well.

MidwestGal

6:21 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

They look wimpy alright - but they also look like mean punks with lots of drugs in their systems! I feel so sorry for the families of the victims - to lose a loved one at the hands of such big sh**bags is awful.

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carlii boo

10:23 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

They are not releasing details that are important factors to convict the sick people who did this spreading rumers that haven't otherwise been disclosed can taint witnesses testamoneys and interfeear with the conviction and justice for theese sick and twisted scum there are lots of rumers going around about this terrible tragity and I grieve for the familys that were aaffected by this terrible tragidy so all I ask is to stop gossiping and show some support for the victoms family and stop spreddign around what may or may not be true I've live that neighborhood and I've never felt so much fear of the fact tht I live on that street so please. Show support and stop gosiping all its going to do is affect the investigation the press allways ruins the investigation why do iu this everyone is so hush hush bout it I think we need to stop posting gossip and pot ur thoughts.feelings,and words of support on the matter

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John Roberts

7:10 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Joshua is down in county right now just a running his mouth..he is hoping to just get 10 years in the "Loony Bin" as he is putting it to all the other inmates..but he is failing to tell people he got arrested for child porn before..you do not get news or able to watch it in county jail...so most do not know what is going on..but they do now because Joshua is freely letting all the info out...

John Roberts

7:02 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

The murdrerer Joshua is down in county just talking about this like it is nothing...telling all the inmates exactly what went down and that he hopes to just get 10 years in the "Loony bin" as he is putting it...I talked to some people at was locked up with him...said there is not even one bit of nervousness about Joshua when telling what happened....from Joshua being kicked in the face by one of the guys because he got away from the cops kid when he grabbed him.both men choked out by rear necked choke hold then dragged into the room.from what I understand he is failing to tell people he was arrested for child porn..the people I talked to said they didn't find that put until their release..but said Joshua smiles when he tells people in jail that he is up for murder.at first everyone thought he was just trying to be tough until a couple of them went to court.they also housed him with a black guy that later went home and the other inmates asked him why he didn't kill his cellie and he said "aww man he is cool".he is telling everyone how it was set up who set it up and what happened after that.said if he gets an insanity deal which he is betting on from what he is done there running his mouth about he only expects to do 10 years and be free..Hense the sex on the 2 dead people's bodies with his girlfriend.he said he told the cops when they answered the door "No one in here but me and a couple of dead bodies" .they need to check this guy out.all the inmates know what happened lol

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blue

8:45 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

I think they can use the testimony from his inmate.

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Hartz

12:35 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Hey John, have you heard any more on this? Have the other inmates been informed of his past? I would imagine that even the worst criminals have higher standards than this piece of garbage.

Reality Bytes!

9:48 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Joe Hosey sure knows how to beat a dead horse..... Keep posting the same story over and over with no "real" new news. He does the same thing with Drew Peterhead news, or non news I should say. Give it a rest Joe!!!

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lala

11:16 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

How bout a story on the victims and how their families lives are forever changed? I think the murderers have gotten more attention than they deserve.

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Bill Konn

12:53 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Where does this garbage come from. Four worthless scumbags who are very sick in their heads. After they are found guilty, shoot them in the face, throw their bodies in the garbage bin, and let Waste Management haul them to the dump. The one chick who called the PD will work with the prosecutors to convict the pothers, and she will get a deal cut her way. The sad part is we all pay for their trial, food, clothing, medical care, while in prison where we don't have the death penalty anymore.

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Jen Thomas

10:09 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Ahh...but you pay LESS...it costs more to kill someone than to sentence them to life!(appeals process is costly & in many states mandatory for death penalty cases)

blue

2:19 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

We need to start a petition to allow an exception for the death penalty for ALL 4 OF THEM because That tubby bitch should not be allowed to get off on anything. Yeah, she's making a deal, and I guarantee it will not end well for her if she gets out. I am seeing too much hurt and hate for them.

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Blackjack74

3:19 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Eeverybody shut the fuck up already and let these 2 guys R.I.P. Cus don't know one know the truth but God and the sick bastards who did it

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just wondering

4:49 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

I have been reading about this and still cant figure out where Alisa's dad was when all this was going on? Or does he not live there? And who exactly did live in that house? This is an 18 year old girl, I am sure she did not work to afford to live on her own? I see that a lot of you knew these people, so if someone can answer this!!

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j

1:40 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013

I keep wondering the very same thing

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mammamia

7:27 am on Monday, January 21, 2013

Her dad lives there it is his house. And he was downstairs when it was going on and heard it happen and went to go upstairs and they stopped him. Told him the tv fell and they were cleaning it up to go back downstairs because he had to work that night. That is really messed up. Shouldn't her dad be charged with something??

And the police are telling the family members to be careful and they should get out of town for a while, change all their phone numbers all kinds of crap. Umm maybe you should tell those families they should have raised their kids better and they deserve to be in danger... I feel so bad for the victims families screw a 'day in court' they deserve a 'day at home' with them.

boozer mcgee

5:22 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

All the money that the Kennedy's had, did not stop an assassin's bullet...once your name is on it, it finds you!

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Flora Dora

8:34 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

These people are sociopaths. They have little or no concern for others.

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Concerned Citizen

8:39 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

Jen Thomas, I am not sure where you got your information from, however. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the average life expectancy is 78.7 years. Massaro 78.7 - 18 = 60.7 years, McKee 78.7 - 18 = 60.7 years, Landerman 78.7 - 19 = 59.7 years, Miner 78.7 - 24 = 54.7 years. For a average of 235.8 years to house and feed the four inmates. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) the average yearly cost to house a inmate is $21,451 dollars per year. Do the math that is $5,058,145.80 to feed and house these animals for the remainder of there lives. According to the Los Angeles Times the cost of lethal injection is $83.55. So to put these savages down would cost $334.20. Personally, I would rather see the 5 million dollars invested into our education system to inform children on violence, or to provide counseling to troubled youth then to keep these people happy and healthy for the remainders of there lives. Unfortunately, since the state of Illinois no longer has the death penalty we will have no choice but to pay for them to get three meals a day and a warm bed to sleep in while the parents of those two young boys will have to suffer for the rest of there lives. RIP for the two lost and God bless there family.

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Hartz

12:35 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013

I think you forgot to multiply the years that it would take before lethal injection is inflicted. They don't do that the day after a conviction, there are multiple appeals and such. It could be 30 plus years before they were put to death, IF that was even a possibility. Personally, if they are found to be guilty of half of the allegations, than the slow torture (about 30 years of slow torture), would be a perfect solution.
I truly hope the families involved can find some peace one day.

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