Ricky Johnson’s father told Fox News Digital, “My attorney told me to give more time to finish the investigation – [I’m] not happy, but I’ll wait a little longer.”
The autopsy and toxicology reports for three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found unexpectedly dead in a friend’s icy garden earlier this year have been completed, but the results have been hidden due to an ongoing investigation. Harrington, 37, Clayton McGeeney, 36, and Ricky Johnson, 38, were found frozen and dead behind their longtime buddy Jordan Willis’ house on Jan. 9, two days after they were last seen alive inside watching the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers.
A representative from Frontier Forensics Midwest LLC told Fox News Digital that their autopsies and toxicology reports had been completed in “late January,” but said that only the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office could release their results. The latter agency could not immediately be reached for comment.
Kansas City Police Department detectives presented preliminary results orally with the men’s families in early February; THC, cocaine, and fatal doses of fentanyl were reportedly found in the three men’s systems, according to Fox News Digital.
If a person knew what was in whatever they consumed that night and didn’t warn anyone, they should be held guilty.” Jennifer Marquez, David Harrington’s mother, informed Fox 4. “That’s my fear, it won’t happen… it’s so hard not knowing anything – like not hearing anything.”
Ricky Johnson Sr., Johnson’s father, told Fox News Digital that the Kansas City Police Department had turned his son’s case over to their drug task force.
“I think they need to arrest the guy and get him to talk,” the elder Johnson said on Thursday. “My attorney told me to give more time [for police] to finish the investigation – [I’m] not pleased but I’ll wait a little longer.”
A source close to homeowner Jordan Willis shared the frustration of the deceased men’s families:
“He is waiting just like anyone else until this investigation concludes,” the source said on Thursday. “The limbo has been frustrating and he feels like he can’t really start to heal until we have some kind of resolution here.”
“This has been so traumatic for him and he’s still trying to cope with the loss of his friends, as well as the loss of living anonymously,” the source continued.
“There are no updates at this time,” Kansas City Police Department Sergeant Phil DiMartino said on Wednesday. “This case remains active and ongoing. Investigators continue to follow all leads. Our agency remains in contact and continues to work with the Platte County Prosecutor’s office for review of any applicable charges. The results of an autopsy report are not publicly available in an ongoing investigation. ”
The police department has said there is no foul play suspected in their deaths, telling Fox News Digital that they are “100 percent not being investigated as homicide[s].”
However, the men’s loved ones have come forward with theories that Willis played an active role in their demise.
Fox News Digital has reported that all three families are considering filing wrongful death lawsuits. Previously, Harrington’s father told Fox News Digital that he and his son’s mother were “convinced that Jordan Willis played a part in this somehow” but “just [hadn’t] figured out how yet.”
Johnson’s mother previously told Fox News Digital that she feared Willis had “concocted something and gave it to all three men,” while the 38-year-old’s father said he “[believed Willis] drugged them, dragged them outside and waited two days to call police.”
Willis’ attorney, John Picerno, has said that his client was unaware that his friends needed help in his backyard, and he had no idea that they were dead in his backyard until police arrived there on the evening of Jan. 9.
McGeeney’s fiancée called authorities to the scene after she broke onto Willis’ property following unsuccessful attempts to reach Willis and unanswered knocks on his door. She found one of the men’s bodies outside.
