Corpse-Sex Gal Asked For Lawyer When Detectives Grilled Her About Hickory St. Nightmare Murders: Reports

The star witness in the Nightmare on Hickory Street murder case asked detectives at least twice if she could have a lawyer present and three other times told them she didn’t want to talk at all, according to police reports obtained exclusively by Patch.

Alisa Massaro, 20, was looking at life in prison if convicted of murdering 22-year-olds Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover but managed to broker a plea deal that will see her walk free in less than three and a half years.

In exchange for her sweet deal, Massaro agreed to testify against three of her friends who also were charged with the murders—Bethany McKee, 20, Adam Landerman, 21, and Joshua Miner, 26. Massaro started singing Thursday morning, taking the witness stand during McKee’s murder trial. Landerman and Miner remain in the county jail awaiting their own trials.

After she was captured by police, McKee waived her right to remain silent and spoke with detectives for more than two hours about the night in January 2013 she invited Rankins and Glover to Massaro’s home on Hickory Street.

Once the two men arrived at Massaro’s home, Landerman and Miner allegedly strangled them to death. Earlier in the trial, prosecutor Tricia McKenna said Bethany McKee and her friends plotted the killings because they were broke and wanted liquor and cigarettes.

At one point in her interrogation Massaro also “stated she understood her rights and (said) she would speak with detectives,” a report said. “Alisa then signed the rights form.”

Massaro had earlier said she did not want to talk to detectives and after signing the rights form told the police twice more she did not want to speak with them, the report said. She also asked for an attorney.

“Alisa stated she did not like sitting in the (interview) room (and) it was explained to Alisa this is the room she will be in until the investigation is complete,” the report said. “Alisa questioned this detective on how much longer it was going to take and if she could have a lawyer, she was told she could have a lawyer if she chose to but she would still be at this location.”

Later, Massaro volunteered to make a statement but said “she would like a lawyer present,” the report said, and was told that since she was asking for one, she could not be questioned until an attorney arrived.

Alisa “asked how long before she could have one here,” the report said, and “detectives explained she would be appointed one unless she has one she can call at this time. Alisa stated she did not have one to call at this time.”

“As detectives exited the interview room Alisa was told if she did not do anything wrong there’s nothing to be scared of,” the report said. Detectives also showed Massaro video of Miner and Landerman talking to the cops, and she agreed to talk too, the report said.

After Massaro pleaded in May, Charles B. Pelkie, the spokesman for the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office, said it was unlikely Massaro’s statements to police, which included that she and Miner had sex atop the dead bodies of Glover and Rankins, according to a report, could be used against her in court.

“There was a nearly 100 percent certainty that (Massaro’s) statement, the statement that she made (to police) would have been suppressed, would not have been used at trial,” Pelkie said. “This is a constitutional issue. It’s no fault of anyone involved in the case. It’s an issue that the state absolutely had to deal with in prosecuting Massaro.”

Massaro was the next-to-last witness prosecutors had planned for McKee. Their final witness, a forensic pathologist, was scheduled to take the stand Monday. Closing arguments are expected to be on Tuesday.

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