KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man who was hosting an NFL game party at his rented home before three of his friends were found frozen to death in his backyard says he did nothing wrong. ” the family claimed to The Post on Thursday.
Jordan Willis' father said: “He wouldn't do anything in a million years,” amid speculation among the three's relatives about how they died. he said about his son.
Willis' father said his son is grieving like the families of his friends, some of whom have publicly criticized Willis, David Harrington, Ricky Johnson and Clayton McGeeney. He said some friends theorized that drugs were the cause of his death.
Police said they do not suspect foul play and stressed that it is not yet clear whether drugs were involved as detectives await autopsy and toxicology reports.
Harrington, Johnson, and McGeeney were at Willis' home on January 7 to watch a Kansas City Chiefs game. The three were found dead two days later in the party host's garden when McGeeney's fiancée claimed a welfare check.
“These are all good friends of his, people he went to school with, and he took them to the Chiefs football game the day before,” Willis' father said Thursday outside his home in Kansas City. I went,” he said.
Willis' lawyer, John Picerno, said Willis “slept on the couch” next to the noise of a loud fan for two days.
His lawyer said he was wearing noise-cancelling headphones when his worried family called him.
Although he allowed police to search his rental home, which led to the horrifying discovery, Willis said it was the first time he learned of his friend's death.
Willis' father came to his son's defense just hours after Harrington's own father said he “doesn't buy” Willis' case.
“[Harrington’s mother] And I'm both convinced that Jordan Willis was involved in this in some way,” John Harrington said Thursday.
“There were four of you in the house, and three of you are dead, and you are not dead. He theorized that he may have seen something.
