Crime & Safety
Friend of Victim in Double Murder Says 'They Didn't Deserve to Die'
The four charged with last week's brutal double murder appeared in court as the families of two slain men still wonder why they were killed.
The two young men and two young women charged with strangling two friends to death and then enjoying a night together without thought for the corpses in the house appeared in court for the first time with lawyers this afternoon.
Judge Roger Rickmon kept the bond for the four—Joshua Miner, 24, Adam Landerman, 19, Bethany McKee, 18, and Alisa Massaro, 18—at $10 million. The four appeared by video broadcast from the Will County jail. Landerman was the only one to speak beyond acknowledging they could hear and understand Judge Rickmon. Landerman told the judge he did not have a lawyer and was informed that he was being represented by the public defender.
After the hearing, one of Rankins' friends cried out about the senselessness of the killings.
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"He just didn't deserve it," said the friend, Martin Williams. "Not him or Eric deserved it."
Editor's note: This article was written by Joe Hosey.
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