A Will County judge this morning found Joshua Miner guilty of murder in the 2013 strangulation of two Joliet men.

Miner, who talked about dismembering the bodies and having sex on top of them, now faces a mandatory life sentence for the deaths of Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins, both 22 and of Joliet. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20 before Will County Judge Gerald Kinney.

Miner, who chatted with his attorneys before this morning's hearing, showed little emotion as the verdict was read.

"He saw the handwriting on the wall," said Mike Renzi, one of Miner’s attorneys. "He wasn’t surprised by the verdict at all."

Will County prosecutors say Miner, 26, of Joliet, conspired with three others to rob the two men. Last month, Kinney also found Bethany McKee, 20, of Shorewood, guilty of the murders even though she wasn’t in the room when they were killed.

Prosecutors say Miner and McKee plotted the robbery with their friends, Adam Landerman, 21, and Alisa Massaro, 20, both of Joliet. Landerman, the son of a Joliet police officer, remains in jail awaiting trial.

In May, Massaro pleaded guilty to lesser charges and agreed to testify against the other three. Massaro, who was Miner’s girlfriend at the time of the murders, was a key witness against McKee, but prosecutors did not put her on the stand for Miner’s trial.

Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover, both 22 and from Joliet, were killed on January 10, 2013, during a robbery planned by four friends at a home in Joliet.

Relatives of the victims welcomed the second guilty verdict in the case.

"We’re able to breathe just a little bit better," said Carla Kent, Rankins’ aunt, after the verdict. "We’re not done yet, but I can finally kind of exhale. Great day today."

Glover’s mother, Nicole Jones, said the trials have been difficult, but she plans to continue attending the hearings and will be at Landerman’s trial.

"I’m going to see this all the way through until the last one is behind bars," Jones said.

During his statement to police, which was played during his trial, Miner said he strangled Rankins and Landerman strangled Glover after the two women lured the men to Massaro's Hickory Street home. He said he and Landerman agreed ahead of time that he would take Rankins and Landerman would handle Glover.

When the women were given the signal to leave the room, Miner told police he told Rankins to give him his money and a fight followed.

Miner also told Joliet police he was part of a fight club and had knocked out "more than 10 people" with his strangleholds. Later in his statement, he told police Glover kicked him in the head while he and Rankins were fighting and that he "just snapped and ... went after (Rankins)."

Defense attorneys argued throughout the trial that prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to corroborate Miner’s statement to police.

"The evidence presented at trial leaves little, if any doubt, that this defendant caused the death of Terrance Rankins," Kinney said during his ruling Tuesday.

"When the physical evidence presented at this trial is viewed as a whole, it is clear that this defendant’s admissions are adequately corroborated," Kinney added, saying that prosecutors proved their case that the murders were committed during the commission of another crime - robbery - and that Miner could be held accountable for Glover’s death even if he didn’t physically kill him.

In his statement to police, Miner also said he and Massaro made a "bed" out of the two victims’ bodies and discussed having sex on top of them. The four also planned to dismember the bodies, but Joliet police arrived first.

"I’m on parole," Miner told detectives. "I’m going to do 20 to life now."

"I’m going to die in prison," Miner said.