Parents of Chiefs fans found dead in backyard break silence as 2 suspects are charged

The parents of two of the Kansas City Chiefs’ fans, whose lifeless bodies were found frozen in a friend’s backyard, had mixed feelings following the arrests of two men charged with manslaughter on Wednesday.Ricky Johnson Jr., 38, David Harrington, 37, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, were found dead in their pal Jordan Willis’ backyard on Jan.9, 2024.Harrington’s mom, Theresa, claimed she’s been kept out of the loop in the 14 months since the trio’s bodies were discovered.“They wouldn’t tell me anything,” she told the Daily Mail.She said Kansas police officials continuously stated they weren’t investigating the deaths as homicides.“[The statements] made it easy to think they had already made up their mind and there wouldn’t be any further investigation,” Harrington added, saying she pushed away any hope for criminal charges.On Wednesday, Platte County prosecutors charged Willis and another man, Ivory Carson, each with three counts of manslaughter and two counts of delivering a controlled substance.Johnson’s father, Rick, has since vowed to attend each hearing involving Willis and Carson.“I am happy with the Platte County Prosecutor’s Office and the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department for filling charges,” he told Fox 4 Kansas City.

“It’s been a long time.And I’ll be at every court date.”The bodies of Harrington, Clayton McGeeney, and Ricky Johnson Jr., both 38, were found on Willis’ property by McGenney’s fiancée two days after they gathered to watch the Chiefs’ final regular season game.The trio died from a deadly cocktail of fentanyl and cocaine, Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd revealed during a press conference streamed on KMBC. Willis, an HIV researcher, claims he went to bed in the early hours of Jan.

8 and didn’t know the three men were outside.He also claimed he didn’t hear the relatives of the men knocking on his door before their bodies were discovered because he was wearing headphones.Police recove...