Days after watching a Kansas City Chiefs game, three men were found dead in their friend’s backyard. Now, the attorney for the Missouri man who rents the property maintains that his client had nothing to do with the tragedy.
John Picerno, who is representing Jordan Willis, tells PEOPLE in a statement that his client “is unaware of how his friends died,” and is “anxiously awaiting the results of the autopsy and toxicology report.”
According toInside Edition, the three friends came over to Willis' home on Jan. 7 after the Chiefs game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Kansas City Police Department tells PEOPLE that after responding to her call, they found a dead body. “Upon further investigation, officers located two other dead bodies in the backyard,” a spokesperson for the KCPD adds.
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“There were no obvious signs of foul play observed at or near the crime scene," the spokesperson says, adding that “it is still the case that no foul play was observed or suspected.”
Picerno, meanwhile, tells PEOPLE that Willis “does not know the timing or manner of their deaths, nor does he know how or when they exited his house. He had no knowledge that they remained in his backyard.”
Upon arriving at his rental property, police spoke to Willis and he “allowed them into the house, told them all he knew, and voluntarily consented to a search of his home,” his attorney says.
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However, Picerno says it wasn’t “unusual” for Willis’ friends “to have left their cars there overnight.”
Willis is not facing charges in the case, which police are calling a “death investigation.” The KCPD adds that “there have not been any arrests [or] charges, and no one is in custody.”
source: people.com
