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The plot has truly thickened.

A fifth friend at a Kansas City Chiefs watch party has now come forward after three men froze to death in their friend’s backyard and he is dropping new information.

The fifth guy along with David Harrington, 37, Ricky Johnson, 38, and Clayton McGeeney, 36 were at Jordan Willis’ home on January 7 to watch the Kansas City Chiefs play their last regular season game before the start of the playoffs. Police found the bodies of three men in the backyard of a home in Kansas City’s Northland after the fiancée of one of the men requested a welfare check.

On January 9th, officers from the Kansas City Police Department arrived at the house, one man’s body was found on the back porch of the NW 83rd Terrace home, while the other two were discovered in the backyard.

The fifth man told Fox 4 that when he left the home, everybody was still alive. He also made it clear he was not the last person to see Harrington, Johnson, and McGeeney alive before they froze to death in Willis’ yard and went unnoticed for two days.

His attorney, Andrew Talge, said he arrived at the house at 7 p.m. and left around midnight. When he left, he stated the four other men were up watching “Jeopardy!” — indicating that the three victims were still alive in the early hours of Monday.

His version of what happened contradicts Picerno’s statement, which insisted that Willis saw his four friends out at the end of the night, and then went to sleep on his couch.

The investigators are currently waiting for the results from the medical examiner to determine the cause of death of the three men. The police said that the investigation is underway and no one has been arrested or charged in connection with the case as of right now.
“First and foremost, this case is 100% NOT being investigated as a homicide,” said Kansas City police Captain Jake Becchina. He added, “There have not been any arrests, charges, and no one is in custody.”

“The resident at the house was cooperative with detectives the day the deceased were discovered,” said Becchina.
Willis’ lawyer also insisted that his client did not receive any phone calls or text messages from friends or family of the victims in the time that they were missing.

He acknowledged that the wife of one of the deceased tried to reach him via Facebook but “unfortunately, he did not see this message until after the police contacted him.”
“Jordan had absolutely nothing to do with their deaths. He does not know the timing or manner of their deaths, nor does he know how or when they exited his house,” John Picerno, Willis’ attorney told the American media, in a statement.

“He had no knowledge that they remained in his backyard or that they needed medical attention. Had he known, he certainly would have called for help. The last time he saw them was when they left his house, and he went to bed,” Picerno added.
According to Talge, his client received a text from McGeeney’s fiancée and from Johnson’s mother, both asking about their loved ones.

Their concerns prompted Talge’s client to text Willis and Johnson, but he did not receive a reply.

Willis moved out of the home less than a week after the bodies were found, his lawyer added.