Tragically, they never return home – all three are found dead in their friend's backyard days later. And here's where it gets even weirder: the homeowner claims he had no clue they were out there, dead, and suggests they might have 'frozen to death' in the cold. But many are skeptical about this version of events, especially since the car the friends drove over was still parked outside days later, even after they were reported missing. It's a truly baffling case, and now the families of the victims are demanding answers.
From HuffPo:
The families of three Missouri men who were found dead outside a friend’s rental home earlier this year are demanding answers into their loved ones’ mysterious deaths.
Clayton McGeeney, 36, Ricky Johnson, 38, and David Harrington, 37, were found dead outside another friend’s home in the Northland neighborhood of Kansas City, by McGeeney’s fiancée on Jan. 9, local news station WDAF reported.
As of Saturday, medical examiners had not made a ruling on causes of death, a Kansas City police spokesperson told HuffPost in an email. The spokesperson added that there were “no apparent signs of foul play.”
Harrington’s mother, Jennifer Marquez, told WDAF that her son went to the house to watch the Kansas City Chiefs game, and she never heard from either him or his two friends after that.
“I was at work, and I just never thought I’d be one of those people that would respond the way I did. I collapsed, I think. I don’t remember,” Marquez said.
The tenant did not answer calls from friends and family, prompting McGeeney’s fiancée to break into the home after no one answered the door. They found one of the men deceased on the back porch.
Police later found two more bodies in the backyard, according to the outlet.
John Picerno, the attorney representing the tenant, said in an interview with NewsNation’s Dan Abrams that his client had “no idea” the bodies were there.
“They were in the backyard. He doesn’t use that particular door. He goes out in the front. And so, he had no knowledge that they were out there until, you know, Tuesday, when he was told that they were out there,” Picerno told NewsNation.
Kansas City Police have ruled out foul play, and the tenant has not been charged with any crimes. Picerno told Abrams that the tenant had no reason to harm his friends.
It just doesn't add up, and it's astonishing that the police have dismissed the possibility of 'foul play.' How do three grown men end up dead from apparent exposure in a backyard, while their car sits untouched out front? I'm not trying to cause a stir, but it's hard not to think there's more to this story. Wouldn't you agree?
