Mom of Kansas City Chiefs fan begs HIV scientist to tell her what happened on the night he and two others died at his house after watch party: ‘Please come forward and tell the truth’
The mother of a Kansas City Chiefs fan who was found dead in his friend’s backyard after a viewing party begged the friend to “come forward” with what he knows.
David Harrington, 37, Ricky Johnson, 38, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, were found dead in Jordan Willis’ backyard in Kansas City, Missouri, nearly three weeks ago.
Police have yet to make any arrests and medical examiners have yet to reveal the cause of death. The results of toxicology reports are still pending.
Willis has insisted he does not know how the men died and that he was asleep and therefore did not realize they lay dead in his basement and backyard.
But now Harrington’s mother, Jennifer Marquez, has issued an urgent plea to Willis: “I know he’s scared, but he was there, he took part in whatever happened that night, he had to know and he’s the only one who knows. what happened.’
David Harrington, 37, Ricky Johnson, 38, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, (circled) were found dead in Jordan Willis’ backyard on January 9 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jennifer Marquez has called on Willis to ‘come forward’ with what he knows
She told NewsNation host Natasha Zouves: “I want Jordan to come forward and say you know this wasn’t intentional, but this is what happened. I did this or I saw this, you know, just tell us.”
The men did not return home or contact their families after the Jan. 7 game between the Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers, and Willis did not contact anyone to say where they were or what had happened.
For two days, the victims’ families said they visited Willis’ home, calling him and sending him Facebook messages asking where they were. He didn’t respond.
Eventually, the fiancée of one of the men broke into the house through the basement and found the first body in the backyard.
She then called the police, who found Willis in his underwear, holding a wine glass, and found the two other bodies in the backyard.
Jordan Willis, 38, is an HIV researcher and protein scientist who lives and works at the house on NW 83rd Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri.
He is an accomplished scientist whose research on COVID and HIV has been praised in the medical community. In interviews, he described his two pit bull mixes — Sadie and Daisy — as the “light of his life.”
Marquez believes Willis is “scared” and said: “I think that’s why he hasn’t responded to the text messages that people have been sending him and I think that’s why he waited too long to let him know what’s going on with the men happened.’
“I heard from several people that they kept texting him, you know, they were knocking on the door, they were banging on the door… how could you keep missing texts and people knocking on your door without texts or anything else to note? That.’
Willis has claimed through his attorney John Picerno that he did not see the messages and slept “much of the time” between his friends leaving and answering the door to police.
He claims he said goodbye to his friends – two of whom he had known since high school – and then “collapsed” on the couch.
A short time later he says he went upstairs to bed and left the doors unlocked. The three men, he says, then returned to the property and at some point went outside.
Picerno says he hasn’t heard the victims’ loved ones banging on his door because he sleeps with headphones and a fan on. He also claims he only saw their Facebook messages after the police showed up.
He does not know how the men died and says he never suggested they were “frozen” outside in cold weather, as had been reported in the days after their deaths.
Kansas City police have said there was no evidence of any criminal activity or foul play at the scene.
A source close to Willis told Fox last week: “Not only is the entire country right now accusing him of murdering his friends without any factual details, evidence or charges, but he has also lost three close friends.
“He was unable to say goodbye or attend their funerals due to the circumstances of these wild speculations and accusations.
“No one seems willing to wait for the results of the toxicology report or other police facts from a case still under investigation to make these speculations.”
Addressing claims that the friends had taken drugs, Harrington’s mother said: “I know none of these men are drug addicts, there is speculation that they did this or that, something may have happened that night, I know it’s not. but I want people to know that this is not their life and if anything was offered that night, I know that none of them had the resources to provide it.
“And that’s one of the reasons why I think there’s a problem. They were all taking care of their families, had bills and didn’t have money for things like that.”
Harrington’s father Jon has previously responded to allegations that they had taken drugs.
David Harrington (centre back) was a much-loved son and his mother insisted he was not a drug addict
Loved ones of the dead men have raised questions about the lack of reporting on their bodies, and the snow they say was not deep enough to submerge them.
“I’m aware they may have used substances that were questionable, but the idea was to get high and not die,” he said. “If they were meant to be friends, why didn’t Willis come find them?
He has previously said he believes the three victims “learned something” or “saw something they shouldn’t have seen” before their deaths.
The grieving father told Fox News Digital: ‘What else could it be? Perfectly healthy men don’t just disappear from the face of the earth.’
There was a fifth man at the viewing party, Alex Weamer-Lee.
He is a high school friend of the victims, but says he left at midnight after football ended and when everyone was still alive.