Kansas City Chiefs fans deaths: Homeowner is 'not to blame,' victim's cousin says | Vargas Reports
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- čas přidán 28. 04. 2024
- Months after David Harrington, Clayton McGeeney and Ricky Johnson were found dead in a Kansas City backyard, their families continue to plead for answers. Harrington's mother reportedly wants Jordan Willis, who allegedly gave the three men illegal drugs prior to their death, to face charges. Alan McGeeney, McGeeney's cousin, joins NewsNation's Elizabeth Vargas to discuss.
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Finally a family member who is a voice of reason and using common sense. The blame game was too much. These men made a choice that cost them their lives. No one was forced into doing drugs.
The owner is not responsible for these mens death. Just accept the fact your kids did drugs
Thanks for updating us on this story. The rest of the media has dropped this story.
These men are grown men...Jordan did not shove the drugs up their noses. People need to be responsible for their own actions and quit trying to find someone else to blame for a cash payout. Drugs are bad, contaminated, and deadly duh
My nephew has been in jail since September after giving his friend one pill. They are trying to make it a federal case. He didn't force it down the guys throat. I don't understand.
Stop
How do we know what happened? We're any of us there? Maybe Jordan did something to them, maybe he didn't. WE don't know. Kinda suspicious that he moved so quickly after this happened. A bunch of suspicious stuff happened there.
The three deceased men were ADULTS. These three misguided souls made the choice to be drug users. They were to blame for their own deaths.
Is prescribed meds could be contaminated with that???
Half a pill and I dropped dead. If my husband hadn't found me I wouldn't be here. My ribs hurt for a month from him doing cpr and he's all kinds of traumatized. You can't do that anymore, guys.... it's in EVERYTHING.
What did you think you were taking? I know it can be shaped as a pill and marked as anything. Girl died around here for taking what she thought was Xanax.
Damn! So scarey!
It's the scariest thing for a person to find their loved one like that
My mom and I found my sister in her bed odeeing
Just one of the scariest days of my life to see her like that and of course our mom
She was very lucky to have survived
Unlike my brother who didn't survive from it back in 2017
Nobody should ever put themselves through that or put their family through that
I can say yes for sure your husband was traumatized and still is as I am to
You have a great husband.
Thank God for him! I pray you guys heal and get better. I also dropped dead and my head chef found me. I was rushed to hospital and nearly died there also. 7 days in ICU. We are here for a reason. Sending you lots of love
I agree with him and appreciate how sensitive he was with his words about the grieving mother.
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I agree! My brother died of a fentanyl overdose in 2017, he lived in pain and bc of the opioid crisis he was abruptly taken off his pain medication after the 2016 guidelines went into effect. Doctors and pharmacist are scared to prescribe because everyone is playing doctor. Later that year he tried committing suicide which landed him in the ICU and he lived almost another year. My mom is grieving as am I, but my mom wants charges pressed on the ppl that was with my brother and didn’t call the police until hours after he passed. They said they were asleep, but my mom just doesn’t believe them. I understand being a mother myself. My brother & I was very close being the oldest of 6 and it’s hard, but I can’t keep blaming others but I respect my mom’s feelings. His birthday was May 6th which is the same date we lost my grandma (my mom’s mother) and it’s really rough. Later the CDC came out and said those guidelines weren’t meant to be a law, but just guidelines and people are turning to the streets, committing suicide or living in misery because doctors are really scared to help pain patients. It’s sad 😔 I’ve even seen cancer patients denied pain care. I wish the DEA and other law enforcement agencies would focus on the illicit fentanyl crisis and stop putting innocent doctors in jail/prison just for treating some of the worst pain conditions in the world. That man has a beautiful heart and I’m so sorry for all of there losses 💔
How does the mother even know who purchased the drugs ? I understand mom wants someone to blame but her son chose to consume drugs .
As a mother of a young man who formerly used drugs , I always knew it was his choice. I was prepared for a “ terrible news “ call. They were partying and unfortunately they had no idea that would happen. Blaming the home owner is in my opinion not the solution. I doubt that young man wanted his friends to die that evening and he’s probably alive only because he stayed indoors.
Yeah but what if they didn’t know they took drugs and the friend put it into something? I mean, people slip date rape drugs into drinks all the time. The friend could have done it as a joke when the three guys didn’t want to partake in his own habit (which has been documented at this point). He could have just popped whatever he brewed up in a lab into his friend’s food/drinks without them ever knowing just to be “funny” and then it cost them their lives. It’s not so far fetched when the friend was known to make illicit drugs at a lab where he worked. It just seems weird, especially when the friend has also given stories that don’t add up such as leaving out the front door without any footprint in the snow leading around to the back of the house outside, neighbors saying their cars were moved from where they initially were parked, etc. I really have to side with the mom and rest of the family here there are lots of little details that don’t add up with the guy’s accounts (which changed several times too, btw).
@@MashaT22 Four months later and you still have yourself convinced someone slipped something in their drinks. What logical explanation would you have for an adult man to put drugs in his male friends’ drinks?
Yes, but these were not kids they were middle aged men.
3 grown men with careers, wives and kids risking it all to get high. Talk about RECKLESS! You’re an adult. You’re responsible for your own actions. 🤦🏻♀️
We lost a young man in his 30’s a year ago and the man he bought the “cocaine” from died the same night. It’s everywhere.
These were 40 year old men WITH CHILDREN. Why are they taking ANYTHING? Life just isn't good enough... going to the game just didn't cut it.
EXACTLY 💯
Four people were found dead in the small town right next to mine a couple weekends ago from fentanyl. Not that drugs were ever “safe” but now…it’s like Russian roulette 😢
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Um, yes, cocaine killed people in the 80's. I can say that as an RN who worked in Emergency in the 80's. And as someone who grew up in the 60's and 70's, I have to disagree that LSD was harmless.
Right, but it was so much less extreme that the majority of folks who weren't working in that type of environment wouldn't know what you know.
Especially when kids are now justifying their actions with "well they've been taking all this stuff all this time and it's usually fine.."
I bet you seen a lot of stuff though, I dont envy you one bit and definitely praise you, takes a specific type of person to fill that role🙌
Bcuz, the coke was pure
Cocaine - NOT in the same way!
Yes, you are so correct! My 24 year-old cousin died from LSD in 1972. Horrible tragedy for the family they never recovered.
When I started working in a cardiac ICU they had just had a 17 year old kid who’d died from a cocaine induced heart attack
I work in addiction and I made the observation that no one 18-25 years old think they have a drug problem..only by court order do they seek help.my best success stories are over 30.
Interesting
That's very true, unfortunately! My 28 yr old son is serving a 6 month jail sentence as I type this for getting 3 DUI'S. Yes, it is alcohol and not drugs that he's addicted to. But he's in complete denial that he needs help! He needs treatment but refuses to go. He'd rather sit in jail.
They didn't have the right psychiatrist.
Not everyone is court ordered to get into a program.
Some people are young , but they still know. Having a good sponsor helps fight off the problem.
I was almost 57 when I finally started gaining my freedom after a 20 year love affair with OxyContin.
Not true for me, but probably in most cases, sure.
All the men who died were at other parties before they got to the home where they died. No one twisted their arms to take drugs. If they had not gone outside they probably would not have succumbed to their drug use. It's sad and it's probably very hard for the families but the only people to blame are the ones who did the drugs.
Wrong...the suppkier and formulator is alao responsible...
Personal accountability trumps everything. People should Stop blaming others for continuous poor choices they make.
@@righteousbyfaithinChristno they're not. It's everyone's personal choice whether or not to take something. No one is forced to buy it and no one is forced to take it and they're aware of the risks. It is only the person choosing to partake that holds responsibility.
Daisy, I'm guessing they were outside because it was likely a weed blunt that was laced and they weren't supposed to smoke inside the rental property. If they would have snorted laced coke they would be dead before they could make it outside. There's zero reaction time. The blunt wouldn't hit with such an immediate rush so they prob had a minute of feeling disoriented first and that's why two had been able to walk off the patio into the yard before collapsing but would have been within seconds prob under a minute. They would have to have died from the drug rather than exposure. Based on the temp that night, the drug would have worn off enough to wake up and clumsily walk inside if not a lethal dose but a lethal dose would be instant.
The reason Jordan survived is either because he didn't smoke any of the laced blunt, possibly still took other drugs that night tho, or he did smoke it but was used to doing drugs more regularly than the others so he built up enough of a tolerance that it didn't take his life. Just made him pass out from the effects.
Not true.
They were drunk and on drugs. I’ve had parties and went to bed with people still there. They did drugs that were laced. Period. The homeowner has zero to do with this. They froze to death doing drugs.
I have no idea, why anyone would chance taking that. You are playing Russian roulette with your life! The homeowner is not at fault, these are adults.
Just Say No To Drugs .
It’s like I always told my kids from the time they started school Don’t ever blame anyone for your actions , You know right from wrong .
No disrespect to the family’s of any of these men .
Praying for comfort and healing for the families 🙏🙏🙏
Complaining that illegal drugs are contaminated with fentanyl is like complaining that a stolen car you bought broke down as you drove away. These dealers are criminals. They do not have QA programs in place.
Test your water in the near future.
Educate Yourselves.
@@DearestThree3
What are we testing for?
@@DearestThree3yeah… try softer drugs? What are you saying?
Wow... You got so close to the point but still missed it. Making drugs illegal is what makes them dangerous and deadly. We know it's human nature to experiment with drugs, most do it a few times and move on with their lives. Citizens should have access to regulated, legal drugs so they can use them safely.
@@kpstl26 This experiment has been tried in other countries and does not work.
This cousin has a good head on their shoulders. Mom doesn’t want to face reality that her son was doing illegal drugs.
Just say no to drugs. That shit don't work.
This is the most insane tragic story I’ve heard in a long time. They all openly made choice to party so can’t blame the one survivor it’s a tragic story.
I still can't comprehend that those men were dead outside for days.
Regardless if Jordan supplied the drugs, the fact remains that they took it, willingly. If i were there, I wouldnt partake in it because its not my thing but, clearly, they used recreationally or otherwise. The blame is on them and David's mother is issuing her pain against Jordan and not where it belongs which is her son.
Simple word NO!
There does seem to be info we weren't told of but may never know.
The families who are still pleading for someone to pay?? So-sorry-to-say but they're also in massive DENIAL! The men themselves decided to do the DRUGS. The families need to learn to deal with the REALITY of it. Speaking out is the best thing that they can do. Educate others like this very wise man right here!!
There is something still very suspicious about all this.
One of the guys bought Coke. Cut up lines for four. Four snorted a line or 2. 3X the lethal amount of fentanyl.
DOA.
The coke was laced.
Not pretty
Tragedy for the families
But not suspicious as it pertains to the house and owner of said house.
Also, its not like the people mixing this to sell are being very careful with measurements.
@@MsAdventure531I've never heard that on any of the news channels. Where is this info from? Just curious.
When is OD ing, ever, on the up and up?
Stop taking drugs
Pay your money, take your choice.
The culture of blame in America is knows no end. Responsiblity has been outsourced to the lawyers and judges.
STOP BLAMING that poor friend because he didn’t force his friends to come to his house and do drugs! The deceased friends decided to party and do drugs on their own volition and they paid big time with their lives! If they just stayed at home and spent time with their respective families, they’re would be still alive today
Lost my nephew 6 years ago to it
I'm so sorry 😢
It’s not society’s responsibility it’s the person who knows that taking drugs can do harm and death. We all learned not to put things into our mouths since we were kids
NO CHARGES THEY'RE GROWN KNOW WHAT U CONSUMING BUDDIES
What a difference few months made ! These same people screamed that the home owner was the killer . Go figure
Remember when everybody was calling for the homeowner to get the death penalty without any actual proof or information
Yep, and a bunch of insane theories. And calling him a “chemist” because one of the men’s cousins said it in one interview.
They are full grown adults. Do drugs and u take the risk of something bad happening.
If these guys took this knowingly, then that's on them. If Jordan Willis concocted something and failed to tell them what was in it, then he's liable to a degree even though they took it. If a homeowner poisoned food and gave it to unwitting dinner guests, they'd be responsible.
His mom needs help to cope with the reality of who her son was in real life. 😢
Just Say No
It’s not an open border issue. It’s people shipping drugs.
Both
Actually our border being open is partly to blame. This country should limit visits each year. You shouldn’t be allowed to cross back and forth every day. People smuggle drugs nonstop every day over our southern border. Do some research and see how much drugs are found each year and then take that times 10 at least and that is what is coming over our border. They can’t search every truck and car. But they certainly need to stop the constant flow back and forth. Absolutely no one needs to cross the border every day into the US. You also don’t realize that the people who come illegally have to pay the cartels and smugglers to get safe passage and then they are enlisted to smuggle drugs to pay back their debts. Happens nonstop every day
I'll say what I said when the toxicology report broke, the homeowner deserves an apology from everyone
So senseless of these three men to do something to lose their life. They missed out on they’re favorite team winning the superbowl again
Cousins know best. It’s a hard pill to swallow but it’s good to keep it real and not blow up a situation..
Grow up, Mother ❤ A mom in Pittsburgh
Jordan Willis... It would be interesting to hear his take on what happened.
For the families of these adult men that chose to take the drugs. Smh. Its no one's fault but their own.
He provided it. Wasn't he referred to as the "chemist" ?
So, are they saying only the 3 guys took drugs, and the home owner didn't.. that doesn't sound right.
Oh no he definitely took drugs, he slept for 2 days, slept through ppl calling, banging on the door and eventually breaking into his house, he most likely had the same drugs but he got lucky
The owner slept it off. The other guys were outside and froze.
If I hadn't got help years ago I don't think I would be here today, all because of my pain, doctor's don't want to help their patients anymore, that's why so many people are turning to paying for a pain pill or even worse turning to heroin because there comes a point in your life when you can't afford to pay for pain pills off the streets anymore and you need something cheaper and more powerful=heroin, no one gets it until they've lived it 😢
Exactly what happened to me. I dislocated finger playing softball and was prescribed lortabs. Now i was no teetotaler and i did my fair share of recdeational drugs but i was kind of a weekend warrior drinker/user. After my surgery the amount of ppl from work and some of my other friends who called me asking if i was prescribed painkillers was crazy. I did few of them and it just made me itchy so i gave them away. Few years later i experiamented with roxycodone and the muscle relaxer Soma. Took a few with couple beers and just felt amazing. I had good insurance and im sure could of gotten them prescribed by DR easily. But i didnt like the idea of feigning an injury or some pain and lying to a DR. So once a week i went to see this elderly lady who had serious knee and hip pain and she was prescribed hundreds of pills every month. Her door was just a revolving pill house from ppl coming and going all day.by that time ovbiously i knew i had major problem bcuz it took every ounce of energy just to drive to her house to get the pills and i felt so physically sick.soon as i bought them and got back to car and did a few i felt unstoppable and so eurphoric.i was spending about 600 a week on roxy and soma but you cant just stop.i knew nothing of rehab or treatment or anything regarding how to get help.i lost my house,great job and basically everything i worked for. Soon after i started smoking heroin bcuz its cheap. The roxy soma was much more intense so i didnt really get all the stigma around heroin.in the beginning. But do Heroin 2,3 dayz in a row and its just as bad. I was in a fog for good 7,8 years with pills and heroin. And i was exemplary employee,many friends etc. Those drugs literally suck the life out of you. Im blessed i didnt die to be honest.
@@javiermori1710 I hope you are doing better and are on the road to recovery, sometimes it helps just talking to someone that has been through it...❤️
I can't believe that grownup men (fathers) would be so erasponsable to take drugs. Whatch a game drink a beer but why take drugs.
If you allow this type of behavior in your home, you have to accept the consequences.
Dont do drugs
I don't buy it
If the channel is thinking Jordan is the homeowner as in the title, Jordan is just a renter. And the landlord is not to blame.
When families are grieving they usually need someone to be mad at. They refuse to acknowledge that their loved ones did something careless that killed them. But grown men are responsible for their own actions, not fair to blame the consequences on someone else, out of grief.
Who sold them bad drugs and how did the owner avoid being a fatality. But most importantly how did he not notice them outside? Something don't make sense .
Were there any children involved? Am I missing something?
They are adults who made a choice. Not that guy’s fault.
The headline is not correct. Jordan was the tenant, not the homeowner.
I called it! I knew it!
How about no drugs!
Please be careful out there people! This is a nightmare.
I knew he wasn’t from the start. But people tried to make him guilty.
Jordan, sue the mom in civil court! That silly old ninny is trying to ruin his life!
these were grown men doing coke.... im sorry for the mom but it wasnt the home owners job to babysit his friends when he was also high
I agree. To all saying this is “suspicious “. Uhmmm… why ? They got coke and it had fentanyl in it . They are also grown men making a choice . People need not blame the home owner or anyone else for that matter. It’s a CHOICE and each choice has consequences.
This is why I don't hang out with druggies!
Fucked around with hard drugs and found out 😳 don't do drugs folks.
No sympathy for druggies
😮 no sympathy 4 u 2
Where did this happen
I'm made of questions after that interview. Was that really a cousin? How is je so disconnected to the case? Was he actually advocating testing an illegal drug, before you take it?
So you interview a drug using friend who seems to say “Everyone does drugs, oh well”. Shows exactly what the problem was with these idiots.
This guy has more sence than all the rest put together!!
That's some crap right there.
If the glove don't fit. You must acquit.
So everyone involved took the drugs, but the homeowner was able to safely sleep it off in a temperature controlled environment. That's what I suspected all along. Didn't they say when questioned, that the guy in the house was asleep for several days?
Kudos to this man for not wanting to shift the blame to somebody else! This man had obviously participated in recreational drugs, along with the other two men who died. They were grown men, and are the ones responsible for choosing to partake in taking something that they knew they probably should not have.
What happened is very tragic but it is not Jordan's fault. Everyone was a grown adult that is responsible for their own decisions. On top of that, no one even knows which of them had the drug in the first place. Just because they were partying at Jordan's house doesn't mean he supplied all the drugs and alcohol. He's being blamed because he's the only one that survived to put the blame on. There is no blame. It was a decision by each individual that had an unfortunate outcome.
Jordan is already going to be facing the loss of 3 close friends and survivor's guilt, I think that's enough without adding blame to the mix. Plus he's going to be reminded of all the fun times he had with them all football season every year with commercials and posters and merch. He's got a long difficult emotional road ahead of him.
wonder if he is still in rehab?
@@lynnhubbard844 Good question. Usually the shortest inpatient treatments are 28 days but in my opinion that's not enough time.
It takes 28 days to break a bad habit "so they say". So you need time additionally to replace those with good habits. I think it only takes less than a week to form a habit. Wouldn't ya know it would take 3 or 4 times longer to break it. Lol
If Jordan's addictions were serious I'd think he would still be there. I guess it depends on how serious he is about getting clean or if he only went in because his attorney suggested it due to public scrutiny and it looks better to a judge in case he gets charged for anything.
The sad thing is that it usually takes at least 9 times of going to rehab before it finally sticks and they don't relapse and heroin is damn near impossible to stay clean from once you're addicted.
I pray Jordan has success the first time around. He's got a difficult road ahead having to overcome the deaths of his three closest friends. If he did get released from rehab he's sure good at keeping it hidden from the public. You know the media is prob watching like vultures for him to be spotted somewhere. Hope they leave him alone so he can do what he needs to do.
Suing is ridiculous.
Who supplied the drugs
Look! Someone furnished the drugs and someone may have “altered” the drugs. One way or the other, the host has the answers. Where are his police- interview remarks?
If the homeowner supplied the drug by federal law he should be charged.
And if someone dies of alcohol poisioning, who should be charged? The company who made it, the bar that sold it, or the bartender/waiter who overserved them? And the same could be said of prescription meds...
@@LoriL010agree totally
Jordan is a scientist. I wonder why he was ok while the other guys died? 🤔
@@Miznik97257 Because he was inside passed out on the sofa and not outside freezing to death...
@@LoriL010these drugs they died of are federally illegal. Alcohol is not
Don’t blame a drug blame yourself or you family member for doing them-all that chemical stuff is here in USA and I for one haven’t touched any of it til this day so if you choose to touch chemical drugs then it’s no one’s fault so just stop messing with the chemicals people it’s quite simple.
Who brought it to them that night🤔🫣
Why would the homeowner be at fault? That makes no sense.
Of course it’s not the homeowners fault. Every single one of them chose to take drugs that is when self responsibility comes in. The other families are just looking for a financial benefit and not letting their own family members that passed away take her self responsibility. Disgusting.
Chargine Jordan is ridiculous. They were all grown men who made their own decisions to do drugs
Sorry for your losses.my daughter thought she was gonna snort some cocaine.
Drug dealers go to jail for killing someone, but Jordan shouldn’t cause they were friends.if he supplied the drugs 🤷♀️ I do think he should take some type of responsibility l
But fentanyl can be applied to the papers used to roll marijuana?
Most states are going after the seller
Government manufacture cocaine and heroin . No meth or fentanyl.. this country could be better regulate it . Make it cheap . Also don't blame others for ur problems
Watch for contaminated weed as well! My doctor informed me another patient of his did her routine drug test (to prove Rx taken properly) and fentanyl showed up. She had no idea. Informed him she got a new seller (off the streets). Stick to the dispensaries!
As adults, they made a choice. Their deaths are a result of their own decisions.
Condolences to all of their Loved Ones 🙏
He should be charged with 2ndary murder and having possession of illegaĺ drugs. If no one is held accountable, then it will continue.
they really need to just grow up and accept that their adult kids chose to do drugs. those drugs were laced with fentanyl. end of story. the homeowner didn’t poison them. grow up.
much respect for the man speaking the truth in this interview. been off opiates for over 6 years. i used to do 3.5 grams of heroin and some cocaine everyday for years. id be dead if it was today's supply... its terrifying. this man is right its all our faults for letting it continue and acting like the war on drugs is destroying our community.
Its been a year since I got word that one of my former students was found dead of a fentanol overdose. Like so many he experimented and lost. His family should have been attending his college graduation last May and not his funeral.
what's the deal with people doing interviews in cars anyway?
The cousin doesn't seem too concerned to me 😕
1. Someone trusts you.
2. You care about that person.
3. You have enough contextual knowledge about how it is Russian Roulette to consume or share a pill of unknown/unverified origin and composition.
4. You give that pill to this person who trusts you.
5. They perish.
6. You betrayed them and everyone who truly cared about and loved them, whether was or wasn’t intent. And the more advantages and power you have in this world, the more that responsibility is amplified.
These excuses are getting tiresome. Trust is priceless.
Go back to number 4. Why do you assume HE provided and/or force fed it to them?