5th Kansas City Chiefs fan at party where 3 friends were later found frozen to death ID’d: report
The fifth man who attended a Kansas City Chiefs watch party and left before three of his friends were later found frozen to death in the host’s backyard has been identified in a new report as Alex Weamer-Lee.
Weamer-Lee went to high school with David Harrington, 37, Ricky Johnson, 38, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, whose bodies were discovered outside of Jordan Willis’ Kansas City rental home on Jan. 9 — two days after all five friends were there to watch football, the DailyMail reported Friday.
It was previously reported that Weamer-Lee, according to his attorney Andrew Talge, arrived at Willis’ home at about 7 p.m. Jan. 7 and left around midnight while the four other men were still awake and watching “Jeopardy!”
Weamer-Lee did not respond to requests for comment by The Post.
Police found Harrington, Johnson and McGenney’s bodies in Willis’ rental home’s yard two days later during a welfare check after scores of calls and texts to their phones went unanswered.
Willis was also unreachable. His lawyer has said he had been “asleep on the couch” next to a loud fan while wearing noise-canceling headphones for nearly two days.
Everything to know about the 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans who froze to death outside their friend's home
Three Kansas City Chiefs fans were found frozen to death in the backyard of their friend’s home on Jan. 9, where they had gathered to watch a football game.
The bodies of David Harrington, 37, Ricky Johnson, 38, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, had possibly been there for two days.
Jordan Willis, the man renting the home, insisted he had “no knowledge” of the fate of his friends.
Willis’ lawyer said the man was “asleep on the couch” for two days while his friends’ loved ones frantically tried to contact him.
“This case is 100% NOT being investigated as a homicide,” Kansas City police Capt. Jake Becchina told Fox News Digital.
Here’s more of The Post’s coverage of the tragedy in Kansas City:
- Kansas City Chiefs fan found dead did not use drugs, was ‘murdered,’ longtime girlfriend says
- House where Kansas City Chiefs fans partied has large windows facing yard where 3 froze to death
- 5th Kansas City Chiefs fan at party where 3 friends were later found frozen to death ID’d: report
- Parents of Chiefs fan found frozen to death alongside 2 friends in yard think trio was drugged, ‘dragged’ outside by scientist pal: ‘He concocted something’
- Drugs a possibility in grisly Kansas City Chiefs fans’ freezing deaths outside home, doctor says
The case is not being investigated as a homicide and police have emphatically said that foul play is not suspected.
Weamer-Lee was childhood friends with the three men found dead and Willis from their days at Park Hill High School, according to the DailyMail.
Photographs on social media show Weamer-Lee and his friends donning Kansas City Chiefs jerseys with massive smiles plastered on their faces.
According to his attorney, Lee received a text from McGeeney’s fiancée and from Johnson’s mother, both asking about their loved ones.
Lee texted both Willis and Johnson, but did not receive replies from either.
Lee’s lawyer’s version of events contradicts several statements made by Willis’ attorney, John Picerno, including that Willis saw all four of his friends out around 2 a.m. and then went to sleep on his couch.
It also contradicts Picerno’s claims Willis did not receive any texts, only messages via Facebook Messenger.
Messages for Talge were not immediately returned.
Loved ones of the victims have publicly pointed fingers at Willis, with Harrington’s father saying he’s “not buying” the HIV research scientist’s version of what happened.
Willis’ family is standing behind him, however, asserting that he is grieving the loss of his friends in the bizarre case.
“He would never in a million years do anything,” Jordan Willis’ father told The Post Thursday.
“These were all good friends of his, these were all people he went to school with and he took them to a football game the day before for the Chiefs.”
