Toxicology results reveal ‘several’ substances found in three Kansas City Chiefs fans discovered frozen to death: report
Illegal drugs reportedly were found in toxicology tests on the three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen to death outside a friend’s home last month, according to Fox 4 KC.
Family members of David Harrington, Clayton McGeeney and Ricky Johnson had been anxiously awaiting the results of the report to offer clues as to what happened to the three friends before they were discovered outside Jordan Willis’ Kansas City rental home on Jan. 9.
Drug use has been speculated as a contributing factor in their deaths. Willis checked himself into rehab for substance abuse after his three friends were found dead, according to his parents.
Harrington, 37, McGeeney, 36, and Johnson, 38, went to his home to watch the Kansas City Chiefs’ final regular season game on Jan. 7.
Their bodies were found two days later when McGeeney’s worried fiancée broke into Willis’ property and saw one of them frozen in the yard.
Sources told Fox4 KC that “several” substances were found in the men’s systems.
Willis — who was wearing underwear and holding a wine glass when police arrived — told officers that he had no idea his friends were dead outside and claimed to have been asleep for nearly two days.
A fifth friend, Alex Waemer-Lee, left the gathering around 11 p.m. after the game while the four remaining men were watching “Jeopardy!,” according to his attorney, Andrew Talge.
Experts told Fox News that alcohol or drugs could have caused the men to pass out in the snow and succumb to the 30-degree weather.
Neighbors said two of the men who arrived at the small party walked in with two 30-packs of beer, according to the outlet.
Waemer-Lee also allegedly texted other friends about drug use at Willis’ house during the game, Fox reported.
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Kansas City police said in a statement that there have been “no additional details of this case or reports revealed to any media, nor are there any plans to at this time.
“Both KCPD Detectives and the Platte County Prosecutor’s Office have been in touch with the deceased men’s families and remain in contact with them as the investigation unfolds,” the department said.
The Post is awaiting a copy of the toxicology report.
Harrington’s father, Jon, declined to comment on the report when reached by The Post Thursday.
While families have received the toxicology report, they are still awaiting autopsy results from the medical examiner’s office. Those results could take several more weeks, the medical examiner told Fox4 KC.
Kansas City police have emphasized that the case is not being investigated as a homicide and no foul play is suspected. However, some of the deceased men’s family members believe Willis played a role in their deaths.
Everything to know about the 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans who froze to death outside their friend's home
Three Kansas City Chiefs fans were found frozen to death in the backyard of their friend’s home on Jan. 9, where they had gathered to watch a football game.
The bodies of David Harrington, 37, Ricky Johnson, 38, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, had possibly been there for two days.
Jordan Willis, the man renting the home, insisted he had “no knowledge” of the fate of his friends.
Willis’ lawyer said the man was “asleep on the couch” for two days while his friends’ loved ones frantically tried to contact him.
“This case is 100% NOT being investigated as a homicide,” Kansas City police Capt. Jake Becchina told Fox News Digital.
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- 5th Kansas City Chiefs fan at party where 3 friends were later found frozen to death ID’d: report
- Parents of Chiefs fan found frozen to death alongside 2 friends in yard think trio was drugged, ‘dragged’ outside by scientist pal: ‘He concocted something’
- Drugs a possibility in grisly Kansas City Chiefs fans’ freezing deaths outside home, doctor says
“[Harrington’s mother] and I are both convinced that Jordan Willis played a part in this somehow,” Jon Harrington said last week.
“There were four of you in the house and now three of them are dead and you’re not. That doesn’t add up,” the grieving father added.
Jonathan Price, Johnson’s brother, said he has been searching for answers since his brother’s body was found in a lawn chair on the property.
He told NewsNation on Monday his brother may have unknowingly taken drugs and criticized police for appearing to know so little at this point in the investigation.
“I’m not saying there was or was not a crime, but if you immediately suspect no foul play, then you should have a story, you should have something to tell the families, and for no one to hear anything, that doesn’t make any sense,” he said.
“It’s the same every day with the lack of answer and the inability to truly mourn without any cause,” Price added.
