Joshua Minor Interview

We're Still Here

Hello everyone, times have been crazy. We are still here though, we haven't posted anything recently because we were waiting to receive the transcripts, but not only that, the last few months have been busy. Thank you all for your comments, (even the nasty ones), Our family appreciates your support. We will respond to your comments soon, and we will start posting more blogs too. This isn't the end of us.

As of right now we are reading through the transcripts.

I hope you all have a wonderful day. (:
God Bless
-Trisha

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.