Nightmare On Hickory St. Inmate Not Welcome In Joliet: Neighbor

JOLIET, IL - The prospect of Nightmare on Hickory Street convict Alisa Massaro returning to the city of Joliet, more specifically, to her old neighborhood, is sickening and terrifying to some neighbors. However, reality hits next week.

That's when the now 23-year-old prisoner at the Logan Correctional Center will be set free and returned to society. Massaro was considered one of the masterminds of the notorious double murders inside Massaro's Joliet house of nightmares, 1121 N. Hickory St. After the two unsuspecting victims were lured into the house and strangled to death, Massaro and Joshua Miner had sex on the bodies of 22-year-old homicide victims Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins.

Illinois Department of Corrections records show that Massaro is set be paroled in less than 10 days, on Feb. 23. She turns 24 a few days later. At this point, it's still foggy where Massaro will choose to live. One possibility remains 1121 N. Hickory St. Neighbors told Joliet Patch this week that Massaro's father still owns the property and they have seen him at the property on numerous occasions in recent times. One neighbor believed that the property has served as a two-unit rental, noting that there had been other young families living at the home since 2014, when Massaro got shipped off to prison.

One neighbor agreed to be interviewed on the condition their name not be published. The idea of Massaro returning to Joliet after spending less than four full years in prison is hard to fathom.

Alisa Massaro

"I was just freaked out to learn this the other day," one resident said. "To this day, I cannot believe that she ever got away with it."

Back in February 2013, the Joliet Patch published an exclusive story indicating that Miner remembered how his teenage girlfriend, Massaro had confided him in "years back that she wanted to have sex with a dead guy," stated a police report documenting the double murder on Hickory Street. Massaro "made a smirk on her face" and said she didn't want to, according to the reports, but when being questioned by police, she "later acknowledged she and Josh did have sexual intercourse on top of the bodies."

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Back in January 2013, the Hickory Street resident who spoke with Patch on Tuesday recalled driving home that night only to find dozens of Joliet police cars and fire engines occupying the street. At first, the resident feared that their own house had burned down as a result of electrical wiring. As the night wore on, the neighbor became alarmed by the ghastly events surrounding the double murders of Glover and Rankins.

"You have to have been here," the neighbor told Patch.

Alisa Massaro

These days, the 1100 block of Hickory Street is on the upswing, the neighbor said. There are lots of young families who take pride in their homes. Although many people on Hickory Street keep to themselves, the neighbor said, the possibility of Massaro returning to the neighborhood is downright scary. Her return may make the street a magnet for more criminal activity, the resident predicted.

"When she was here, she led nothing but a troubled life. The police were always here," the resident said.

If Massaro was smart, she would resettle in a community far, far, away from Joliet, the neighbor suggested.

A photo of 1121 N. Hickory St. taken Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2018

Of the four convictions in the Nightmare on Hickory murders, Miner and Massaro were the pair who most deserved a life prison sentence, the neighbor said. Bethany McKee, 20, Miner, 26, and Adam Landerman, 21, all received life imprisonment. But Massaro was a different story.

She was given a plea bargain by the Will County State's Attorney's Office in exchange for her willingness to serve as a snitch against her codefendants. She accepted the deal, which meant a prison term of less than four entire years behind the walls of the Illinois DOC.

"It's not old. It's still fresh for the long-time residents," the resident said. "I'll never forget, ever."'

Patch asked the resident if she believes Massaro will come back to the notorious Nightmare house.

"I hope not, but I don't know where else someone in her shoes should go. It's just kind of scary. I can't speak for everyone, but I know some of the other long-time residents feel the same way as I do. We don't want her to reside in the neighborhood. It's a nice neighborhood."

Main house images via John Ferak, Editor of Joliet Patch, mugshots of Alisa Massaro via Illinois Department of Corrections