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Parents of Kansas City Chiefs fan found dead think victims 'saw something they shouldn't have seen'
As the families of three dead Kansas City Chiefs fans await the results of their loved ones’ toxicology reports, one victim’s father has a “sinister theory” about what may have preceded their mysterious deaths.
The bodies of Ricky Johnson, 38; Clayton McGeeney, 36; and David Harrington, 37, were discovered on January 9, two days after they had gathered at their friend Jordan Willis’ home to watch the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers.
Willis’ attorney has said his client had no idea the men were outside, and was only made aware of the bodies when police showed up at the Northwest 83rd Terrace home days later. He said he slept for nearly 48 hours following the party, according to his attorney John Picerno, while family members of the deceased fans tried to contact him and even showed up at his home.
Harrington’s father, Jon Harrington, told Fox News Digital that he is “not buying” that story and “doesn’t believe anything [Willis’] attorney says.”
BROTHER OF CHIEFS FAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN FRIEND’S BACKYARD SPEAKS OUT, SAYS STORY ‘NOT ADDING UP’
David Harrington, far left, Clayton McGeeney, second from right, and Ricky Johnson, right, were found dead in their friend’s backyard two days after they had gathered to watch a Kansas City Chiefs game. (Ricky Johnson/Facebook)
“[Harrington’s mother] and I are both convinced that Jordan Willis played a part in this somehow,” the elder Harrington said on Thursday. “We just haven’t figured out how yet. . . . What else could it be? Perfectly healthy men don’t just drop off the face of the earth.”
“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 father continued. “I’m thinking that he, the three of them learned something or saw something that they shouldn’t have seen, and he decided ‘well, I need to get rid of you now.’ Friends or not.”
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David Harrington’s father described him as a “rabid” football fan. His celebration of life, the father said, was an 80-person-strong watch party of the Chiefs game against the Buffalo Bills on January 21. “Whenever the Chiefs would make a drive, they were all chanting my son’s name. I will never forget that for the rest of my life,” Jon Harrington said. (Facebook)
After speaking with the Platte County prosecutor’s office, Harrington’s father said he “would expect that they will treat this as a drug overdose and go on with their business.”
“But I don’t think it’s as simple as that,” he said. “I’m aware that they may have done some substances that were questionable – but the idea was to get high, not dead . . . If they were supposed to be friends, why didn’t [Willis] come find them. I’m sure they have a hundred different answers to that, but that’s my question.”
Jennifer Marquez, Harrington’s mother, told Fox News Digital that although her son “smoked cigarettes and drank beers with his friends,” she doesn’t believe he overdosed, and that “Jordan [is going to] have everything to do with what we find out” about his death.
“Yes, I believe that something happened that night and that Jordan had something to do with it,” Marquez said. “We all believe that Jordan had something to do with that.”
Jennifer Marquez said her son David Harrington, pictured, could “almost make you pass out laughing” and that his “favorite thing in the world was to make other people happy.” (Facebook)
“He sat in that house for two days and had time to get rid of and clean up evidence,” Marquez said on Thursday. “He’s had no drug test done on him. He’s had no alcohol test. He has had nothing to see how he might be included in this – they’ve given him two weeks to get any evidence completely gone.”
“Jordan’s not telling the truth,” Marquez continued. “When you tell the truth, your story is solid. It’s when you’re lying that your story changes, and that’s what’s been happening. I don’t understand why the police don’t see that.”
The Kansas City Police Department has stressed that Willis is not suspected of any wrongdoing and is not facing criminal charges.
BROTHER OF CHIEFS FAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN FRIEND’S BACKYARD SPEAKS OUT, SAYS STORY ‘NOT ADDING UP’
Clayton McGeeney, Ricky Johnson and David Harrington were found dead at Northwest 83rd Terrace, pictured, two days after they watched the Kansas City Chiefs game there. (FOX4 KC)
“First and foremost, this case is 100% not being investigated as a homicide,” Capt. Jake Becchina of the Kansas City Police Department previously told Fox News Digital. “There have not been any arrests [or] charges, and no one is in custody. There are no specific threats or concerns for the surrounding community at this time. The resident at the house was cooperative with detectives the day the deceased were discovered.”
Police corroborated Picerno’s statement that Willis voluntarily let them search his home; the Johnson family attorney, Ross Nigro, told Fox News Digital that a search warrant was carried out two days later. Picerno said Willis has since moved out of the home in fear of “retaliation.”
Jennifer Marquez, Harrington’s mother, said that her son was the “best person [she has] ever known” and that she will do whatever she can to “find out what happened that night.” (FOX4 KC)
Harrington’s father is not the only party who is suspicious of Willis – while some friends have taken to social media with their doubts, Johnson’s parents have posted that Willis took an active role in their son’s death.
Ricky Johnson, right, was a “responsible” man who “wasn’t going to go outside and freeze to death,” his parents told Fox News Digital. (Norma Chester)
Willis, who holds a Ph.D., is a senior principal scientist at IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center’s Schief Lab in Kansas City, according to the nonprofit’s website. IAVI did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
“Something that comes to my mind: This guy wants to brag about how smart he is, he’s a scientist,” Norma Chester, Johnson’s mother, told Fox News Digital earlier this week. “My thoughts are that he concocted something and gave it to all three men. I know I’m just thinking, but how could this have happened?”
“Seriously, these were responsible men. How do they go in a backyard and freeze to death, all three of them,” Chester said.
Picerno called accusations of drugging or poisoning “ridiculous.”
FAMILY OF KANSAS CITY CHIEFS FAN FOUND DEAD OUTSIDE PAL’S HOUSE THINKS HE WAS DRUGGED
“Just the thought of him dying and then him sitting outside in the cold for two days,” Caleb McGeeney, the cousin of Clayton McGeeney, pictured, told FOX4 Kansas City. “It’s extremely devastating. The whole family is messed up. He was such a good person.” (Facebook)
“He’s a scientist, and somehow he’s to blame? That’s an opinion not based in fact,” the attorney said in response to Chester’s comments.
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“There’s no allegation of any animosity between Jordan and his three friends,” Picerno told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. “People want to speculate, [but] it’s not like anyone ever called the police saying, ‘We’re afraid of this Jordan guy.’”
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Three-time Nebraska High School State champion Eje Kim has announced his verbal commitment to the admissions process at Yale University as a part of the Bulldogs 2027 recruiting class.
Kim wrote the following about his commitment.
I’m extremely excited to announce my verbal commitment to the admissions process at Yale University! I want to thank my coaches, Pat, Miranda, Gaby, Randy, Katie, Uriah, and Emma for creating my love for swimming and pushing me to the limits. I also want to thank the Yale coaching staff, Jim, Kyle, Joey, and Dana for giving me this amazing opportunity. Thank you to my teammates, Mason, Mason, Ryan, Quinn, Bennett, and Nolan for making practice fun and becoming such good friends. Lastly, thank you to my parents. GO BULLDOGS! 🐶💙
Kim hails from Lincoln, Neb., where he represents Club Husker and Lincoln East High School. As a junior, Kim secured a pair of Nebraska State championship titles, winning both the 100 backstroke in 48.32 and the 100 fly in 47.95. As a sophomore, he claimed his first state championship title in the 100 back, clocking 49.73.
A few weeks after those championships, he raced at the Speedo Sectionals in Columbia, where he won the 50 fly in 21.63, and set a plethora of lifetime bests in the process, including the 50 free (21.22), 100 back (47.83), 200 back (1:44.17), and the 100 fly (47.81).
Best Times SCY:
- 100 Back: 47.83
- 200 Back: 1:44.17
- 100 Fly: 47.81
- 50 Free: 21.22
- 100 Free: 46.44
- 200 Free: 1:40.60
- 200 IM: 1:52.82
Kim is set to join a Yale men’s program that finished just under 200 points behind Ivy League Champions Princeton at the 2026 Men’s Ivy League Championships.
Based on Kim’s best times, he would have finished tied for 11th in the 200 back, 14th in the 100 back, and 20th in the 100 fly.
Kim’s immediate scoring ability is a major upside, and in the highly competitive Ivy League, Yale could use all of the points they can get to creep up to the top of the Ivy League.
With another year until he makes his collegiate debut, Kim still has plenty of time to build up his base times and make an even more significant impact on the Ivy League stage from year one.
Yale was productive in all of Kim’s events at the 2026 Ivy League Championships, including 51 points in the 100 back, 55 points in the 100 fly, and another 74 in the 200 back.
Kim joins Fin McLane, Charles Knoepp, Evan Pan-Wang, and Edward Zhang in Yale’s 2027 recruiting class.
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BRECKENRIDGE — Coaches, teammates, friends and family gathered in the south parking lot of Breckenridge High School for another state tournament sendoff.
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This year, it was Troy Berndt taking the ceremonial convertible ride. He is headed to St. Michael-Albertville High School for the Minnesota Class A State Track and Field Meet on June 4-6.
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He will be running in the third heat of the 400-meter prelims, scheduled for 4:52 p.m. June 4. There are seven athletes in each heat, 21 total, and nine will advance to the finals at 6:20 p.m. June 5.
The top two finishers in each heat advance, along with the next three best times. Berndt’s personal best time of 50.67 has him seeded 13th, but the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-seeded runners are less than five hundredths of a second ahead of him. The eighth- and ninth-seeded runners are also close, at 50.33 and 50.39, respectively.
Berndt dropped nearly seven-tenths of a second from his previous personal best at the Section 6A West Subsection Meet on May 21, running 51.35, and shaved another 0.68 seconds off at the Section 6A Championships on May 28 with a time of 50.67. If he keeps lowering his time, he will have a shot at reaching the podium against the best runners in Class A.
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Results and photos will be available online immediately following the race June 4 and in the June 10 print edition of the Wahpeton Daily News.
Corbin Lee is a sports reporter for the Wahpeton Daily News and Richland County News-Monitor. Corbin can be reached by calling (701) 291-3551 or emailing corbin.lee@wahpetondailynews.com.
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