Just a few facts and questions

During her sentencing, McKee begged for forgiveness from the parents of her victims.

“I’m so sorry…if there was any way I could go back and return your loved ones…I would,” McKee said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “If I had known this would have happened, I’d have made a better choice.”

McKee's defense attorney, Chuck Bretz, argued that she made poor choices after the crime, but that does not make her guilty of murder.

Bretz argued:
"The moral obligation is not sufficient to make her criminally liable."
"She was not present. No one puts her there."
"She has no specific intent for anyone to be robbed, murdered or killed."

"She is the reason he was there," said Jamille Kent, Rankins' mother. "It would have never happened if she didn't bring him there."

But it was proven in Bethany's trial through Bethany's and Terrance’s phone records that Bethany never called Terrance, So how did she lure Terrance over? To the States attorneys office, please explain this.

McKee apologized to the families in court. Crying, and at times hard to understand, she read a statement saying, "had I known this was going to happen I would have made better choices."

Judge Gerald Kinney was critical of the state's sentencing guidelines.

"If given discretion, I would impose a sentence that was significant but would not be the maximum," he said. 

The Rankins family, while still grieving, say they are grateful to Bill McKee. It was McKee who actually called police which led to discovering the victims.

"He did the right thing and we appreciate that, so our prayers go out that family as well," said D'Arcy Kent, Terrance Rankins' uncle.

When cops arrived Thursday to the Joliet home where the victims' lifeless bodies were found, investigators say three of the suspects were playing video games But during Bethanys trial the first responding officers testified that they Met alisa downstairs, they also testified that it took two searches in the basement to find adam, they also testified that Josh was upstairs saying “I'm up here, come get me. Now this testimony was under oath so how were they playing video games? Another lie from the chief of police in the beginning. Who holds them accountable and why did they lie?

Trafton said the suspects were “very much surprised” when authorities arrived to Massaro's home. Really?

“This is my home. My children live here,” Glasgow said. “This case is something that I think it’s the responsibility of the elected prosecutor to prosecute.” Where was Glasgow during Bethany's trial? 

I have asked Bethany's attorney for all files that pertain to Bethany's case, I thought that since My wife and I are the ones that are paying him we are deserving of them. If I could get these files then it would make it so much easier to get the actual facts out to the public not just my views of the case. But it seems that he doesn't want to give anything to me. Is there any advise on what I can do to get these files?

In Regards to Comments

A few people have commented wanting to hear Bethany's side of the story from her own mouth. I completely agree, that would be great if it could happen, however, it is much harder to do so than many would believe. At the moment, we have no contact with her because that is just how it works when someone is transferred they can not get calls or visits for a certain period of time. And even if we did, it would take a while to set up an interview like that.

If it is possible then my family will go from there. Bethany's side of the story should be told, every last detail.

In regards to another comment we received asking for us to post Bethany interview tape, and that is not possible. First off we do not have her interview tape, and secondly cops do not just give those out. So, sorry, but that is not possible.

Questions

There was a comment stating that we were ignoring the hard questions, my response is that go ahead and keep asking your questions. We will answer them as truthfully and as quick as we possibly can.

If you have questions please comment on this post with them and we will respond the best we can. We are not hiding anything, all questions are welcome. Thank you.

We Are Not Bias

People keep saying we have bias views, but I don't see how. In no way is my family excusing anything that happened or saying that Bethany is perfect.

Bias means "to cause partiality or favoritism in (a person); influence, especially unfairly" but we are not favoring Bethany because she's family, we are doing this because Bethany is innocent of murder. That was proven during her trial. She should not have been convicted of murder. But because the prosecutor only charged her with murder the judge felt he had to find her guilty because if he hadn't she would have walked away with no convictions and society would  have a field day with that.

I would like to make this very clear because even though it has been stated multiple times some people still can't grasp the reality of the fact that there was NO EVIDENCE that indicated she took part or that she was even there when it happened. 

The only evidence the state had against Bethany was ONE fingerprint on a bottle of tequila positioned in a way that would suggest she had poured the alcohol. And this was said by the expert analysis that testified at her trial. She had also said there was no way of knowing if the bottle was used to hit the bodies after the two men died.

My father and I started this blog to not only try to figure this out and cope, but also to get the truth out that the reporters intentionally left out. The reporters that were at her trial heard the same things my family did. The difference is their job is not to report the truth, it is to tell a story that will captivate the readers to ensure that their audience keeps reading. Reporters twist things, you would think by now people would know that.  

Our views are not bias because we are not saying the she is innocent because she's our family, or anything of the sort, we are saying she is innocent of murder because there was NO EVIDENCE. The facts are that Bethany was downstairs when this took place. Alisa said she saw Josh/Adam hit the two men while she was walking down the stairs BEHIND Bethany.

Everything that we say/write on here are facts that came out during the trial, things we personally know, and from personal experience. There is always more than one side to a story, and you have to keep both in mind. This case made absolutely no sense. And tragically two men lost  their lives. But their deaths were not my sisters fault. She did NOT lure them. If anyone lured them it was Alisa because she (Alisa)  testified that she (Alisa) was the one that was on the phone with Terrance NOT Bethany. Bethany did not, and had never called Terrance. He had always called her. Phone records proved that at Bethany's trial.





On a positive note, I am so thankful to everyone that is supporting my family. After this happened my family was verbally attacked, threatened, and harassed. We don't deserve that. After a while I lost all hope I had in society, I didn't think there were any good people left in the world, but I was proved wrong. Thank you for keeping my family in your prayers, we need it.

Ok, Lets back up a little bit

Ok, lets back up a little and go to the start of the crime.

Bethany, Alisa, Josh, And Adam are upstairs in a tiny livingroom. They are laughing and drinking. Josh asks Bethany approx. five times to go down stairs and get a cigarette Bethany doesn't want a cigarette, starts thinking that Josh wants her out of the room, she doesn't know why this is.

Finally Josh asks Bethany to go and get a pop and she does reluctantly. Alisa goes with her, as Bethany is going down stairs she then sees Josh hit Terrance and then continues down stairs.

The reason that she didn't say anything to Phillip is that she (Bethany) stated (who calls the cops on a fight)? Now I'm guessing this would be my fault because this is how I raised her. A fight is between one person to another. You don't get the cops involved unless it is a fight that would result in serious harm, Bethany thought it was just a fight.

Bethany and Alisa then leaves the house only to come back much later and realizes what has actually happened, then Josh threatens to kill her if she notifies the police.

When Bethany called me to say that something really bad happened, I didn't believe her, it was only then that she told me that Josh wanted me to help with the aftermath. I then believed that something really bad had happened. I believe this was her way of asking me to help her get away from Josh. Bethany was in shock and a look of absolute terror covered her.

So 1st Bethany didn't know that the crime had happened and second she only found out when she returned to the house, 3rd Josh threatened to kill her if she called the police, 4th Bethany came to me and it doesn't matter what she had said to me she came to me as her last resort for help.

Who is Bethany?

These two pictures of my sister and I are my favorite. I remember each day very well. In the first picture of us coloring Easter Eggs we were so close, she was my best friend and we loved each other unconditionally. The second picture was taken my sophomore year of high school. We definitely weren't as close then as we had been in the past but that day was a very important day for me. I am not going to go into why, because honestly it doesn't matter. My sister has always been there for me and I only wish that the world knew the kind of person she really was. I wish people wouldn't judge her because of something they don't understand or even really know about.

Bethany McKee had a hard life, and so have many other people in the world. However, her story is important too because it changed and affected so many peoples lives. Without my sister I don't know how I would have been able to make it through life. She gave me hope when I lost all faith, she guided me when I was lost, and we fought like any sisters would. She is and always will be my best friend. I really don't know how I am going to make it through my life without her by my side. But she gave me a wonderful niece who is so much like her mommy that it is heartbreaking.

Bethany raised her daughter without any help from the father. He never called, he would say he was going to call but only did a few times. He said he would come see her, he came to see her I think three or four times in her life. He claimed to want to be apart of his daughters life but he refused to help with the necessities. He didn't help support her, he didn't buy her food, or formula, clothes, diapers, or anything. He came once with clothes that were like 4 sizes too big and a bunch of candy. He claimed to want to be apart of her life, but never made an effort, then went to the Patch and lied saying that my family wouldn't let him see her. But that wasn't the case. We didn't want her to be alone with him for several reasons. 1. his family is involved in gangs. 2. she didn't know him. 3. He never came through with his promises. Her father is a young immature guy that only wants her in his life for selfish reasons. He doesn't want her in his life because she is his daughter. She deserves better than him.

Even though he wasn't trying, Bethany still believed that he would make an effort and love her. But if he loved her he would have made a serious effort to get to know his daughter. I am terrified that one day he will try to take her away from us, because she doesn't know him, he can't support her, and if she were to go live with him I would be scared for her life. I don't want my niece around anyone that is involved or has family involved with gangs. I apologize for not wanting to put my niece's life in danger.

Bethany changed her life around for her daughter, she stopped most of her bad habits, but as we know anyone with a bad habit has a high chance to falling back to them once or twice in their life. And everyone has a bad habit. Bethany finished high school for her daughter, she went on and went to beauty school so she could have a way to support her daughter. She would do anything for her daughter. She loves deeply and unconditionally, that is one of Bethany's best characteristics. Her heart is open to anyone she meets.

In all honesty Bethany is like a dog, she's extremely loyal. When a dog gets annoying or does something they aren't supposed to and you swat it, yell at it, or with abusive people, they beat them, the dog always forgives and loves you even after you go out of your way to hurt them. She is loyal to anyone she cares about. And once someone has her loyalty they will always have it.

Bethany's purpose in the world, the reason she is alive, is to be a mother. Being a mother was the best thing that ever happened to Bethany, she finally felt loved and was finally able to see that there was good in the world. She had hope once again, she was happy, and she was changed. God blessed her...and even through all of this she hasn't lost faith...her faith wasn't shaken. Ofcourse she was scared and worried but she never swayed away from God. She is the strongest person that I know.