The dad and mom of two of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ followers, whose lifeless our bodies have been discovered frozen in a buddy’s yard, had blended emotions following the arrests of two males charged with manslaughter on Wednesday.
Ricky Johnson Jr., 38, David Harrington, 37, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, have been discovered lifeless of their pal Jordan Willis’ yard on Jan. 9, 2024.
Harrington’s mother, Theresa, claimed she’s been stored out of the loop within the 14 months for the reason that trio’s our bodies have been found.
“They wouldn’t inform me something,” she instructed the Day by day Mail.
She mentioned Kansas police officers constantly acknowledged they weren’t investigating the deaths as homicides.
“[The statements] made it simple to suppose that they had already made up their thoughts and there wouldn’t be any additional investigation,” Harrington added, saying she pushed away any hope for legal expenses.
On Wednesday, Platte County prosecutors charged Willis and one other man, Ivory Carson, every with three counts of manslaughter and two counts of delivering a managed substance.
Johnson’s father, Rick, has since vowed to attend every listening to involving Willis and Carson.
“I’m proud of the Platte County Prosecutor’s Workplace and the Kansas Metropolis, Missouri Police Division for filling expenses,” he instructed Fox 4 Kansas Metropolis. “It’s been a very long time. And I’ll be at each courtroom date.”
The our bodies of Harrington, Clayton McGeeney, and Ricky Johnson Jr., each 38, have been discovered on Willis’ property by McGenney’s fiancée two days after they gathered to observe the Chiefs’ remaining common season sport.
The trio died from a lethal cocktail of fentanyl and cocaine, Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd revealed throughout a press convention streamed on KMBC.
Willis, an HIV researcher, claims he went to mattress within the early hours of Jan. 8 and didn’t know the three males have been exterior.
He additionally claimed he didn’t hear the relations of the boys knocking on his door earlier than their our bodies have been found as a result of he was sporting headphones.
Police recovered two baggage of medication: one containing cocaine, the opposite fentanyl.
DNA samples from the bag of cocaine have been principally from Willis, whereas Carson’s DNA was discovered all around the bag of fentanyl, Platte County prosecutor Eric Zahnd mentioned throughout a press convention Wednesday.
Police say they discovered texts on Willis’ cellphone alleging Carson equipped David Harrington with cocaine. Carson later admitted to promoting cocaine to the trio.
“Jordan maintains that he’s not liable for buying or supplying the medication that led to the deaths of his three mates,” Willis’ lawyer John Picerno instructed the Kansas Metropolis Star after the arrest. “We’re very a lot trying ahead to the day a jury will get to listen to all the proof on this case.”
The arrests did little to clear any hypothesis surrounding the deaths.
“[I] nonetheless don’t know something about how my son died or his final moments,” Harrington mentioned.
The grieving mom isn’t satisfied any end result within the thriller will come quickly, claiming the trial gained’t begin for greater than a 12 months.
Theresa Harrington had acknowledged her son’s drug use however believed he didn’t do it to hurt himself.
“He didn’t take that to die,” she instructed NewsNations’ Chris Cuomo in February 2024. “If he took the medication on his personal, he took them to get excessive. It simply signifies that there’s extra to the story, there’s extra to it than simply that.”
Harrington assured her son wasn’t a drug addict and pointed blame at “peer stress.”
Willis and Carson are presently being held on the Platte County Jail on $100,000 bonds every.
No courtroom hearings have been scheduled for the 2 males following their arrest Wednesday afternoon.
