Miner told police he remembered ‘years back’ that
Massaro had told him she ‘wanted to have sèx with a dead guy,’ so he hoped to
fulfill part of her fantasy, according to documents.Adam Landerman, the
19-year-old son of a police sergeant, may have joined Massaro and Miner’s sèxual
romp, as well, the report says.
Patch.com released the revolting new details today in the shocking January 10
murders – allegedly committed by Miner, Landerman, Massaro and 18-year-old
Bethany McKee.
Massaro grinned when her boyfriend asked her to have sèx and initially
declined. Later, though, she admitted that she agreed to it.
McKee told police that she believes Landerman joined the sèxual acts, as
well.
McKee said Miner was the ringleader who came up with the idea who killed
Glover and Rankins. She said Landerman was a ‘follower’ who only did what Miner
told him, according to the report.
After killing the men, Landerman jumped on their backs and ‘surfed’ on their
dead bodies, according to reports.
The corpses elicited a ‘zombie noise’ – a final gasping sound. The bodies
also evacuated their bowels, Miner claimed.
They then hog-tied the victims’ hands and feet together with dirty clothes
and and an electrical cord.
‘This is one of the most brutal, heinous and upsetting things I’ve ever seen
in my 27 years of law enforcement,’ Police Chief Mike Trafton said after the
January slayings.
‘Not only the crime scene, but the disregard for common decency toward human
beings.’
Police reports say McKee knew Rankins and invited him and Glover over with
promises of sèxual favors.
Miner later admitted that they four believed the men had carried ‘lot of
money’ and that they were planning to rob them. They believed Rankins was a drug
dealer and carried $100 with him.
‘It’s demonic,’ Rankins’ mother, Jamille Kent, said.
‘This is evil.’
Trafton, the police chief, said Massaro, Landerman and Miner were ‘very much
surprised’ when police walked in on them Thursday. McKee had left the house but
police arrested her later in nearby Kankakee.
Rankin’s mother said her son and Glover had been friends for five years.
Family members said they called police on Januaury 10 after they hadn’t heard
from the two since Wednesday.
‘It’s just senseless,’ Glover’s mother Nicole Jones said.
‘It’s hard for me to say the words.’
The circumstances surrounding the death are still under investigation, but
some local reports suggest that drugs may have been involved.
Glover graduated from Joliet Central High School and had made the honor roll
and participated in football, wrestling and track, his family said.
Rankins, described as ‘a very outgoing, loving,
fun
person’ by his mother, graduated from Joliet West High School.
Massaro’s father, Phillip Massaro, told The Herald-News in Joliet that he was
in disbelief.
‘All I can say is it’s a terrible thing that happened, and I can’t believe my
daughter had anything to do with it,’ he said.
‘I don’t know what happened. I just don’t know what to say. I can’t really
talk about it. I’m too devastated, and I can’t talk about it.’
Massaro’s lawyer, George Lenard, did not immediately return phone calls to
The Associated Press for comment Monday. Charles Bretz, attorney for McKee,
declined comment.
Public defenders for Landerman and Miner could not be reached. No one
answered the phone at the public defender’s office in Will County.
Miner’s mother, Melodie Miner, told The Herald-News that ‘there’s no way my
son can do this.’
Miner previously was convicted of residential burglary, according to the
newspaper.
Charles Pelkie, spokesman for the Will County State’s Attorney’s office, said
State’s Attorney James Glasgow will personally prosecute the case, as he did
former police officer Drew Peterson’s.
Jurors convicted Peterson in September of first-degree murder in the 2004
drowning death of his third wife.
Pelkie would not discuss any details about the investigation in the Joliet
slayings, but he did address the issue of race.
While the two victims were black and the four suspects are white, Pelkie said
there is no information at this point that indicates race was a factor in the
killings of Glover and Rankins.