Kansas City victim ‘was hardest working man’: Cousin
- Three Kansas City Chiefs fans found dead outside friend's home
- Police say no indication of murder, foul play at scene
- Cousin of one victim suspects drug use was involved
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(NewsNation) — Alan McGeeney, Clayton McGeeney’s cousin and co-worker, said his relative was “the hardest working man” with whom he’d ever worked.
Clayton McGeeney and two other men — David Harrington and Ricky Johnson — were found dead Jan. 9, two days after they had gathered at their friend Jordan Willis’ home, two days after they had gathered there to watch a Chiefs game.
Alan worked with Clayton regularly in construction.
During an appearance Wednesday on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Alan speculated that Clayton’s death involved drugs.
“I think it’d be foolish to assume that there wasn’t drugs involved, especially now that Jordan has checked himself into rehab. I would imagine it’s drug-related.”
Alan said the investigation into his relatives death has been a “slow process” and that his family is learning more from the media than police.
At this point, police haven’t determined a cause of death but say they don’t suspect foul play, leaving many to speculate online that drugs have played a role in the deaths. Investigators are waiting for a toxicology report.
According to his attorney, Willis fell asleep after saying goodbye to his friends and remained unaware their bodies were laying outside his house for two days. The attorney added that Willis is heartbroken over his friends’ deaths.
Jennifer Marquez, Harrington’s mother, told NewsNation she had a message for Willis.
“I believe Jordan does know. And I’m asking Jordan to please come forward and tell the truth because he does know what happened that night … He’s the only one that can give all of our families some peace.”
Linda Johnson said on “CUOMO” she questions how Willis wouldn’t have heard somebody banging on his door or breaking into his home.
“I don’t know why he would hear the police and not hear the people that had been there just prior,” Johnson said. “It’s like he’s acting, he’s just trying to seem like, ‘I didn’t hear anything before this, and now that the police are here, Oh, I suddenly hear everything that’s going on.’”
Investigators say they don’t suspect murder.
NewsNation’s Taylor Delandro contributed to this report.