Speculation into the mystery of how three friends froze to death in their friend's backyard following a Jan. 7 Kansas City Chiefs game has reached a fever pitch. But amid an ongoing investigation, no charges have been filed and authorities have reportedly ruled out homicide.
Yet, families of the three men, Clayton McGeeney, 36, Ricky Johnson, 38, and David Harrington, 37, are still demanding answers at how the home's resident, HIV vaccine researcher Jordan Willis, failed to notice the bodies of his three friends in his backyard for two entire days. And after an initial toxicology report came back positive for cocaine, THC, and lethal amounts of fentanyl, a narrative has emerged from the deceased's relatives that Willis had been nicknamed "the chemist" for manufacturing drugs in high school.
These claims have been spread by outlets like the New York Post, which ran a headline calling Willis the "suburban Walter White," drawning comparisons to the character of from Breaking Bad. In the AMC drama series, Bryan Cranston plays a high school chemistry teacher who turns to cooking meth after being diagnosed with terminal, Stage 3 lung cancer. The narrative has also been amplified by overzealous True Crime TikTok fans. However, a source close to Willis told Fox News Digital on Monday that the 38-year-old had "never been referred to by that name," and that he is likewise "not a chemist by trade."
"He's a computational data scientist for HIV vaccine research. His work is solely on computers and he works from home," the source said. "It is incredibly disappointing that his job is being used against him to further the real-life Walter White-type narrative that people are trying to create."
"Ruining Jordan's reputation and his life in a smear campaign as some sort of revenge will not bring these families peace, especially without any evidence from the police department to support what they are saying," the source continued, noting that he came from a military family who "most definitely" would have noticed if he was "making drugs in the house in high school."
"At first they said they don't know Jordan, that the men didn't do drugs, so they must have been murdered, or poisoned or dragged out of the house, or they must have seen something they shouldn't have seen," the source explained. "Then when initial toxicology came out, it was that they would have been peer pressured."
"Now, out of nowhere, the story is that the men have known him since high school as ‘the chemist’ and Jordan has supplied or made drugs for them since then," they added. "Which is it? It's completely absurd."
The source also said that unfortunately, there is a simple—yet less salacious—reason for Willis's strange behavior following the NFL watch party. In addition to failing to discover his friends bodies, he also didn't notice their cars parked out front or respond to frantic messages from friends and family members looking for them until police showed up at his home on the evening of Jan. 9.
"Anyone who can't imagine how he could have been totally out of it and sleeping and not aware of his surroundings for two days is, fortunately, not familiar with what a drug and alcohol bender looks like," the source lamented. "He's lucky to be alive."
Willis has since checked into rehab following the tragedy. "Having three close friends pass away outside his house without his knowledge was a true rock-bottom moment and something he'll be working through for the rest of his life," the source added.
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