MO - Furious Friends Demand Answers After 3 Men Found Dead at Kansas City Home Days After Watching Football Game, January 2024

[Kermitskorner]

Friends Demand Answers
Link provided above^^

Officers responded to the scene a short time later, and upon further investigation located two other dead bodies in the back yard, says the police spokesperson. The person living at the home has not been charged with a crime. There were no obvious signs of foul play, and investigators are still waiting for the medical examiner report to shed more light on what happened, according to a police spokesperson. There is no more information available at this time, and the police spokesperson said a search warrant is being obtained for the residence. Police also will not comment on the claim being made by furious friends and family.

"This man [redacted] was inside his home alive while my friends were dead in his yard for lord knows how long. They were all hanging out since after the game Sunday. He KNEW people were looking for them," wrote Kaylee La Tier on Facebook. "He read messages of people searching for him on Tuesday. My husband banged on his door for 20 min. My friend banged on his door and then busted a window and yelled and announced her presence while she’s inside and still nothing from him?? Then the cops come 10 min later and he comes out nonchalant in his boxers with an empty wine glass in hand??!"

Another friend made a similar claim on her Facebook. "3 men do not just go outside and freeze to death while the owner of the home - their 'friend' stays inside and only when police show up come outside in boxers like you've just been chillin for 2 days while your 3 friends are dead outside," said Lyndsey Rae Baldwin. "Make noise here people - this story is not okay!! He had been contacted for over 24 hours prior about where our friends were - and also their cars still parked at his house - and didn't reply to anyone!"

The mother of David Harrington, Jennifer Marquez, told Fox 4 that the person living in the home allegedly told police that his friends froze to death. “I’m furious. Everybody is furious,” said Marquez. “Nobody believes this story. None of his friends, none of the families, none of us believe.”
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Looks like family/friends have their suspicions over the homeowner as well. I mean coming out to the Police with a wine glass in hand and barely dressed.... not a great impression to begin with alongside the three cold bodies laying in his backyard. Still no update on toxicology screening or COD (cause of death) established yet nor a timeframe of death(s).

 

[Kermitskorner]

Could the gate have been locked so there was no easy way out? The fence looks pretty tall, maybe 6 feet? If so, did any of them have their cellphones on them so they could have called for help?

MOO.

They would have probably been well over incapacitated to not make it over the fence. I mean with three people the fence easily could have been overcoming. Not to mention, their normally is one or two gates installed for fencing in residential areas. These gate(s) could have been locked or frozen shut maybe? But I still would thinking three grown men would not let a fence stop them from freezing to death IF THEY WERE NOT ALL incapacitated in some degree.

 

[musicaljoke]

Could the gate have been locked so there was no easy way out? The fence looks pretty tall, maybe 6 feet? If so, did any of them have their cellphones on them so they could have called for help?

MOO.

They could have just yelled to the neighbours, unless they couldn't. I think they were dead when they were put outside. :/

 

[KMouse]

So I'm going to scratch everything I mentioned regarding hypothermia being a possible COD for the deceased because the game they went to watch was on January 7th not the 15th. That's my fault for not paying closer attention to dates of the discovery. The weather in KC on Jan 7 was hovering around 0C. Yes that's cold but without the snow and the wind chill factor those are temperatures that someone could survive even if not dressed for the weather as long as they were functioning. At least for a while. On the following day it rained in KC. I don't know whether those were isolated showers but it rained from about 8 am to 1 pm then turned to light snow around 2 pm continuing through the 9th when it got really cold. link:Past Weather in Kansas City, Kansas, USA — Yesterday or Further Back

So the whole issue of how they died becomes much more mysterious. Depending on how they arrived (in one vehicle or multiple or walked to the home) makes a big difference on the possibilities of COD. Carbon dioxide could be a factor if they were in a running car in the garage (which means the home renter was aware of their deaths). Drug overdose becomes very high on my list of possibilities now. The only thing to think about if OD was COD is why would the guy renting the home play dumb? And if he is playing dumb is it because he provided the drugs? I'd like to know when the pathologist performed the autopsy whether they noticed signs of decomposition even though they had to thaw out the bodies.

The guy who owns/rents the home has a good job and probably has a lot to lose if he is connected to drug deaths in his home. He's probably trying to distance himself. If these are accidental overdoses he'll claim he had no idea what they were doing. Did the home owner/renter go to work on the Monday?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I thought the "friend" was renting the house?

Looking for a link...

ETA: Some articles indicate the man living there is the home "owner" but this article mentions a renter. So was the "friend" the owner or not? If he's a renter, does he have the "good job?" And if a renter, has anyone heard from the actual home-owner? JMO.

3 found dead outside northland home, neighbors say they are in shock

Residents in a quiet Northland neighborhood are stunned and left with many unanswered questions after three people were found dead in the backyard of a home, Tuesday night.

www.kctv5.com

 

[ifindedout]

The game was on 1/14/2024.

The Chiefs' last regular season game was against the LA Chargers on Sunday, Jan. 7 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, kickoff time 3:25 PM CST (1:25 PST). Final score: Chiefs 13, Chargers 12. This was the game the 3 were watching.
2023 Kansas City Chiefs season - Wikipedia (subsection Week 18: at Los Angeles Chargers)

Their bodies were discovered on Tuesday, Jan. 9.

The Chiefs' first playoff game was against Miami on Saturday, Jan. 13 at Arrowhead Stadium, 7:10 PM CST. Final score: Chiefs 26, Dolphins 7. This was the game in which Patrick Mahomes' helmet shattered because it was so cold.
2023 Kansas City Chiefs season - Wikipedia (subsection AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Miami Dolphins)

ETA Wiki links for games

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

The Chiefs' last regular season game was against the LA Chargers on Sunday, Jan. 7 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, kickoff time 3:25 PM CST (1:25 PST). Final score: Chiefs 13, Chargers 12. This was the game the 3 were watching.
2023 Kansas City Chiefs season - Wikipedia (subsection Week 18: at Los Angeles Chargers)

Their bodies were discovered on Tuesday, Jan. 9.

The Chiefs' first playoff game was against Miami on Saturday, Jan. 13 at Arrowhead Stadium, 7:10 PM CST. Final score: Chiefs 26, Dolphins 7. This was the game in which Patrick Mahomes' helmet shattered because it was so cold.
2023 Kansas City Chiefs season - Wikipedia (subsection AFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (6) Miami Dolphins)

ETA Wiki links for games

So I'm assuming it wasn't as cold that weekend as it was this most recent one.

 

[sunflowermomma]

I think it was still extremely cold - I have family in KC still and they told me that Chiefs tickets were $20 because it was so cold no one wanted to be there

 

[Arkay]

Maybe because the resident of the home was inside (warm) vs. outside (freezing)?

Just a guess and MOO.

I’m just catching up with this case.
I tragically have a close relative with a drug problem, so it’s painful for me and I try to avoid potential overdose cases, but this situation is so puzzling.

IMO the homeowner has to know more, he just has to—three friends are there and then they’re not, but didn’t I read that their cars were still there?

I’m in NYC all my life, in a huge apartment building, so we don’t have driveways and cars are not a clue for us. But my sister in the Jersey suburbs always knows who’s home or visiting by just glancing at the cars in her neighbors’ driveways.

AFAIK that’s typical of everyone who lives in a private home. I therefore cannot imagine how he would see their vehicles still parked and not know they have to be in the vicinity of his home.

Also, his casual, nonchalant attitude when the police arrive.

Whether or not they OD’d or froze to death. And if they froze to death it could easily be that they were drugged enough to not realize what was happening to them. But to me it does not compute that the homeowner/renter was completely oblivious to his friends just vanishing, not if the cars were still there.


IMO

 

[Keane]

The weather in KC was partly cloudy, high of 37F on January 7.

I suspect we will learn more once the ME's reports come in and once the search warrant is executed on the home.

My Hinky Meter is pinging so loudly it's scaring the cats.

 

[rob525]

They would have probably been well over incapacitated to not make it over the fence. I mean with three people the fence easily could have been overcoming. Not to mention, their normally is one or two gates installed for fencing in residential areas. These gate(s) could have been locked or frozen shut maybe? But I still would thinking three grown men would not let a fence stop them from freezing to death IF THEY WERE NOT ALL incapacitated in some degree.

I have never seen a yard fence gate that didn't lock from the inside via a simple latch. At least in a decent neighborhood. I suppose there could have been a padlock on it but typically they are designed to keep average joes from entering into the yard. Anyone know about the neighborhood? The houses didn't look like the neighborhood would warrant a high level of extra security on a backyard fence.

 

[airportwoman]

These links aren't working for me. I live in Canada. Anyone else having issues?

If you Google "Missouri Casenet" and go from there, you should be able to access these sites.

 

[airportwoman]

The game was on 1/14/2024.

Not this one.

The game that these men watched was the previous weekend, before the extreme cold snap hit.

 

[MrsWatson]

What kind of scientist was the friend in the house who met the cops in his boxers with wine glass in hand?

It's one thing if he's an entomologist and another if he's a chemist.

MOO

 

[branmuffin]

If you Google "Missouri Casenet" and go from there, you should be able to access these sites.

Thanks.

 

[JosieMae]

This case is just bizarre.

 

[GoBuckeyes]

fight over football?

They're all 3 fans of the same team though.

 

[GoBuckeyes]

I am going to bet it was drugs laced with fentanyl. Guy who lives there probably was scared of getting into trouble. Not sure how you can have three people dead in your yard, their vehicles still there and you're getting messages from their friends and family and you hide.

So they were able to get outside and walk some distance, but no one could call 911?

 

[GoBuckeyes]

They could have just yelled to the neighbours, unless they couldn't. I think they were dead when they were put outside. :/

I agree. It doesn't make sense that they could exit the house, but not call out for help or use their cell phone to call.

Also, if I were freezing to death with 2 of my friends, I'd rather break a window and face any subsequent charges than to go out like that.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

I think toxicology will solve some of this, unfortunately.