Westbrook said he and McKee were introduced by a mutual friend. Adam, no.". 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. 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. After getting the phone call, McKee said he immediately called police. Bethany McKee, 20, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the January 2013 strangling deaths of Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins, both 22. When she came back in the room and learned what had happened for the first time, she was devastated and terrified. Kohut said the earliest the states high court could review the case is September. McKee spoke with her father to ask for help getting rid of the bodies, but William McKee notified police. Massaro, who Bill McKee accused of being a bad influence on his daughter, made out a lot better than her longtime pal. LIFE A LIFE THAT LED TO - PressReader He did the right thing and we appreciate that, so our prayers go out that family as well, said DArcy Kent, Terrance Rankins uncle. "I dont want to go through this. I have a 6 yr old daughter who is my world. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker talks to the father who sent his own daughter to jail. In the end the two men were strangled to death. Unlike McKee, Massaro pleaded guilty to a reduced felony charge and she got out of prison in 2018, after only five years of incarceration. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. 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. Our hope and expectation is we don't want to get tied down with technicalities," White-Domain told Patch, "but that we get to tell her whole story. Westbrook, 16, said he had no idea McKee was headed his way when she was arrested near his home. She started serving her life sentence for the murders last week. Im not going to take her away from her grandparents. She then testified, 'I tried to persuade Bethany to come with me, to leave the room.'". McKee was only 18 years old at the time of her first-degree murder arrest by Joliet police. Unable to come to grips with losing his daughter to prison, Bill McKee launched a blog questioning the conventional wisdom of the murder case. In his blog, Bill McKee said his daughter only stuck around after the murders because she feared she would be killed as well.