The mysterious death of a Kansas City Chiefs fan remains unsolved a year later

A year after three Kansas City Chiefs fans were last seen alive, it’s still unclear why they died in a friend’s snowy backyard — and authorities have yet to file criminal charges in their deaths.

Clayton McGeeney, 37; Ricky Johnson, 38; and David Harrington, 36, visited longtime friend Jordan Willis at his Kansas City home on Jan. 7, 2024 to watch the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers.

Two days later, the three men were found dead on Willis’ property by McGeeney’s fiancee. Willis couldn’t be reached on the phone and didn’t answer her door for the next few days, according to family members who were searching for three friends who never returned home.

Although initial autopsy results shared with the media by family members indicate that fentanyl, cocaine and marijuana were in their systems, the families of the dead men have questioned Willis’ involvement in what happened, with some threatening to file charges.

In September, Willis’ attorney John Picerno told Fox News Digital that “the charges [will be] coming in the next few weeks, based on “internal discussions” with prosecutors.

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“I can say with confidence that my client will not be charged with that,” Picerno said at the time. “My client will not be held responsible in any way for the unexpected death of his friends.”

When asked who would face criminal charges in the men’s deaths, Picerno replied, “The criminal charge could be aggravated murder if someone gave those young men drugs.”

But Picerno and lawyers for the men’s family members say nothing has happened since.

Fox News Digital previously reported that a fifth man was at Willis’ home on Northwest 83rd Terrace on Jan. 7 – but that man told Fox 4 he left while the men were still watching the game, and insisted he wasn’t the last one. someone to see them live.

That fifth attorney could not be reached for comment by Fox News Digital.

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An exterior view of Jordan Willis’ home in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (DWS for Fox News Digital)

Picerno said in September that the length of the investigation, which the Kansas State Police Department has repeatedly characterized as a death investigation rather than a homicide investigation, was “absolutely out of the ordinary.”

He also said that his client had voluntarily surrendered all his technical equipment to the police before the investigation, as well as DNA samples.

“I don’t know what caused this investigation to continue [more than] nine months,” Picerno said. “That would be a better question answered by prosecutors.”

“We have nothing to report or comment at this time,” a representative for the Platte County Prosecutor’s Office told Fox News Digital. “It’s still an ongoing investigation. I think if anything is done, [Platte County Prosecutor] Eric [Zahnd] you will make a press release. We don’t have a timeline to report, unfortunately.”

The Kansas City Police Department could not be reached for comment at press time.

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Family and friends of Clayton McGeeney, left, David Harrington, center, and Ricky Johnson, right, are looking for answers after the three men mysteriously died in the freezing cold outside a friend’s home in Kansas City. (Facebook)

Although he is “confident” that his client will avoid criminal prosecution, Picerno said in September that he may soon face the law. He said he was contacted by attorneys representing the men’s families and noted that the statute of limitations for these types of cases is five years in Missouri.

Jennifer Marquez, David Harrington’s mother, told Fox News Digital that this is “a first [she’s] heard” about the movement in this case. Until he hears more news from the prosecutor’s office, he said “he will continue [herself] keep calm and don’t get any hopes up.”

“Yes, I’m very happy to hear that something might be happening,” he said on Tuesday.

“I haven’t been told anything,” he continued. “However, they haven’t passed on any information to us, the families, so I don’t have much information. We haven’t received the autopsy or any information like that. They don’t want us to be able to release anything. That would hurt the case, I think.”

“Yes, I would like to see people held accountable for this and I believe Jordan should be held accountable,” Marquez said. “It was his home, he had a party, and, you know.”

Willis, who checked out of his Kansas City home and entered rehab after his friends died, “had his life changed forever,” Picerno said.

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HIV scientist Jordan Willis, 38, checked himself into a recovery center after three of his friends were found dead in his backyard on Jan. 9, 2024. (GitHub)

“It’s a terrible thing when people just assume you’re guilty without any real evidence,” Picerno said. “It’s a hard line to miss, and he carries it as best he can.”

A source close to the Willis family told Fox News Digital that the 39-year-old Ph.D. owner and research scientist “is still struggling with the consequences of all this.”

“[He] he not only lost his good friends, but [had] many people are turning against him,” said the source.

“It affected every part of his life, and he did everything he could,” the source continued. “She’s been helping take care of her dad this year, and she’s trying to stay positive.”