Keep gloryifying these animals and you will tempt some one else to do the same thing just to get attention.

He's not GLORIFYING them he's EXPOSING them for the animals they are.

Reinstate the death penalty for these animals!!

"First in a series"? It sounds like the dangling of a TV series, little by little, just to keep people interested to tune in. I can see where the pp would feel this was glorifying to the perps. That statement sums up everything that is wrong with the media.

I agree. Let the details come out in court. Unfortunately "exposing" them does "glorify" them.

glorifying them?..is it not the peoples right to know what kind of sick people there are in this world...Concealment leads to more victims...Not letting info about how they were trapped by "Friends" does not let the rest of the world know to be careful...Details is what leads to preparation...Imagine what kind of world we would live in if every murder was concealed..it would be an even more dangerous place to live not knowing people are being killed...That's a false reality...Me I like to know details..especially when it is some serial killer that gives details on how he captured his victims..it helps to teach my kids and family how NOT to be a victim...we lock our doors and windows as humans Why? because we know that there were people who crawled through windows and snatched up kids and murdered families,we leave our pourch light on to identify anyone who comes to the door.Why? because complete strangers have been known to go to peoples houses with deadly consequences...Information not glorification..Heroes are glorified,murderers are discussed and examined.watch some of the prison shows and just listen to how they got their victims..and if you don't learn anything then your missing the whole point of the show..

Theres no pleasing you people! If the media doesn't report on this case it's because they don't want to draw attention because of Landerman's connections to JPD. If they do report, its glorifying the murderers. Just take it for what it is, they are informing the community about the monsters that may just live next door.

Very sad, sad, senseless murders. My son went to school(Hopewell) with Adam and Bethany. He got into an altercation with Adam because Bethany wanted to "date" my son. The school called to assure me that my son was fine because he had deflected Adam's punch and restrained him until an adult (teacher) regained control of Adam. Seems to me that there have been and still are some psychological issues. And yes, even demonic. More love, discipline and even accountability needed to be in their lives. God have mercy on their souls, something they did not have for their victims, for they will truly be living hell on earth once they reach the IDOC.

Excellent reporting. Thank you.

THESE FREAKS ARE DEMON POSSESED AND THE STATE NEEDS TO PLACE THESE COLD BLOODED KILLERS ON FAST TRACK TO THE DEATH CHAMBER. THE REASON PEOPLE ARE SO BOLD TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS AS THEY KNOW THEY WON'T BE PUT TO DEATH. SO YOU PEOPLE GET INVOLED IN POLITICS AND CHANGE THE RULES IN YOUR STATE.
IN OUR STATE WE HAD THE DEATH PENELTY FOR DECADES UNTIL TONY ANAYA A DUDE THAT STOOD ABOUT FOUR FOOT NOTHING GOT ELECTED GOV OF NEW MEXICO AND ELIMINATED THE DEATH PENELTY AND OT ONE GOV HAS REINSTATED IT. WE HAVE HAD TWO REP GOV SINCE AND NEITHER HAS CHANGED OR STATE BACK. WE HAVE A HORRIBLE MURDER RATE. BUT NOTHING LIKE CHICAGO THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. GOVERNED BY RHAMN EMMANUEL OBAMA RIGHT HAND MAN. IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE I HAVE READ.

I personally would like to hear from Landerman's Mother, the Joliet Police Sarg. Haven't read or heard of a single word from her. Enquiring minds want to know.

I said it before, I'll say it again... yes, the "liberal" media. You still don't get it??
On the other hand, don't bother waking up, it's already too late...

So many are clamoring for a "fast track" to the death chamber and reinstatement of the death penalty, but a recent survey of the most leading criminologists in the country found that the overwhelming majority did not believe that the death penalty is a proven deterrent to homicide. Eighty-eight percent of the country’s top criminologists do not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide, according to a new study published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Similarly, 87% of the expert criminologists believe that abolition of the death penalty would not have any significant effect on murder rates. So all you "eye for an eye" people out there really have your facts wrong. You can't dispute the facts that these statistics have been derived from. So don't be too quick to jump on the bandwagon for burning these 4 at the stake so to speak. The idea of the death penalty hanging over a criminal doesn't stop or dissuade him at all. I would rather see demons such as these 4 sit behind bars for the rest of their miserable lives with their every-day freedoms taken away while they can't escape the mere thought of what brought them to their current situation.

Amen Tony!

How about at the end of the day there is something seriously wrong with them and yes they should get the death penalty. Once again nobody on this earth gave a life to take one GOD gave everybody breathe so when you take one life you exchanging yours. The pain and suffering the family is going threw for nothing its stupid. So yes they should have been able to get the death penalty. I will just let go and let GOD. No matter how hard it is to still look at my bed and remembering my brother sitting on there and doing his cooking dance.RIP my lovely brother Terrance Rankins.

Glasgow said the the Drew Peterson trial was the most rewarding in his career! Well guess what? He should get a bigger reward prosecuting these scum bags. Drew Peterson isn't anything in comparison to these murders.

Thank you, Joe Hosey, for a well written report of this terrible crime. Using "parts" helped to keep it sequential. It will be a powerful trial to follow.

Reporting, no its not, its called tainting the jury pool and only will ensure there will be many many more decades we will hear of and pay for this terrible crime and justice will not be served for a long time..the families will now be forced to relive this for many years... And that is a sad fact. O yeah make all the laws you want only law abiding people will follow them.. Illinois is the only state with.no conceal n carry law and the most laws banning guns yet we have highest murder rate and terrible crimes like this happen too frequently... We are all at fault for letting our country degrade to what it is today, we all need to help change it by being involved, not just when bad things happen!

Having gone through something similar to this almost 30 years ago, I can say this... It does not help the family to cope with their loss when everywhere you turn, your loved one's face is on the front page. It is the cause of nightmares, and makes you uncomfortable every place you go. The worst thing in the world is identifying a body, and then turning on the TV to see their face on the nightly news or on the front page of the paper! And then comes the trial, where they try to get the person who murdered your family in cold blood a "fair" trial. It hangs in the balance every minute, because one stupid mistake can mean a mistrial. Most of you will never know what it is like to sit in a courtroom, and watch the person who killed someone close to you for weeks as they try to lie their way out of what they did. Most of you will be lucky...Joe Hosey likes to glorify these pieces of garbage because he's never been the one who lost the loved one, and he has no conscience. Its all about his name in lights, thinking he's a star, thinking he is somebody. Reality, you're nobody!

Am I the only one who noted "Joliet Police and prosecutors have kept a tight lid on what", and "Patch obtained the police reports"? This seems like a very clear statement that these reports were leaked by the defense. As was noted in a comment about the gag order being issued at the request of one of the defense attorneys, it seems to me this was an intentional leak aimed at an eventual bid for a change of venue. Actually, it is a pretty clever though typically slimey defense, attempting to manipulate and obfuscate the facts. No chance of getting the confessions thrown out, no question of guilt, so create a question of a tainted jury pool. After all, a defense attorney doesn't care about the truth, they only care about getting their client off. No wonder most thinking people believe defense attorneys belong in the seventh circle of hell, right next to their clients. This reporter has done what he is supposed to do, which is ferret out the facts. I really wonder at the concept that this 'glorifies' the crimes. Personally, I'm appalled and sickened by what these monsters said they did and I think it is a good reminder that there are those who walk amongst us that are capable of these atrocities. Maybe if we as a society stopped blaming the victims, stopped trying to blame anything other than the offenders for their actions in our attempts to understand how ostensible humans could do these things to another there wouldn't be the perception of 'glorification' of these crimes.

Amen, Denise...

I lite 2 candles at church today and prayed for justice and comfort for terrence and erics famlies.you all are in my daily prayers !

The punishment should fit the crime. But sadly, I don't think we have a punishment available that would fit THIS crime. It's beyond horrible what happened here and it just goes to show the horrors that man is capable of. At least a gun wasn't used. I'm sick of hearing how bad "they" (the guns) are. It's not guns!! It's people. As sick and twisted as this story is, the media would have had more of a field day if a gun was involved.

Why is the press posting the nicest pictures that they could find of the victims? From everything that I have read they weren't so innocent acting. I'm surprised that they didn't post pictures of them when they were 12 years old, just like they did in the Treyvon Martin case in FL.

Maybe because even if they did do something bad in their life im sure it wasnt something to get murdered over im sure you have done something bad in your life and no one has murdered you and sure if this was you your family wouldnt want your mug shot as something to remember you by

I wonder what these two victims did to reap losing their lives in this way; their bodies dishonered as even human beings after the fact. Lured to "kick it" with two women (caucasion) in an attempt to carry out this plan which wreaks a total disregard for a black man's life. Unfortunately this is going to play out in some way elsewhere and it's not going to be good for anybody.