Deceased Kansas City Chiefs fan David Harrington's father says son's investigation 'doesn't matter' as it won't bring him back

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI: David Harrington, one of the three Kansas City Chiefs fans was found dead in their friend’s backyard on January 9.

His father, Jon Harrington, 57, said that nothing will be able to change the fact that his son is no more regardless of what police find amid their ongoing investigation.

“I don’t really care what they find out now. It doesn’t matter to me,” the heartbroken father told People Magazine. “I’ve already said my goodbyes to David and it’s not going to change anything.”

Even after two months, he said, "I still feel that way... I suppose we’re having to go on with our lives... That’s what’s going to happen one way or the other.”

When did Jon Harrington learn about son David Harrington's death?

The Dearborn, Missouri, resident told the outlet that around January 11 he got to know that his 37-year-old son, along with Ricky Johnson, 38, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, had died, after their bodies were discovered outside their friend Jordan Willis’ rental in Kansas City two days earlier.

While Jon is still trying to cope up with the loss of his son, he said that he made peace in knowing that many of his friends turned out for a celebration of Harrington’s life on January 21, where they came together at a golf course clubhouse to honor the man, while doing what he loved, watching the Kansas City Chiefs play.

“I couldn’t have imagined a better way to send him off than that," he said. "There’s parts of that day that I will remember ‘til the day I die.”

He added that an "awful lot of people" were in attendance, which "just told me how much they were missing him."

Jon Harrington has not received any updates from authorities for over a month

David's father, who said that the authorities have not contacted him for over a month, shared that Kansas City Police previously read him the results of a toxicology report claiming cocaine and fentanyl were found in his son’s body.

“I believe he intended to get drunk," he said. "But the [drugs] – I’m not buying that. I’m not arguing that that was what they found in his system, but how it got into the system, we still don’t know.”

While the victim's family waits for more results, the Harringtons have launched a T-shirt campaign, selling shirts to help keep the men’s names in people’s minds and their memories alive.

A GoFundMe was also created to help David's father. 

What did the authorities say?

A spokesperson with the Platte County Prosecutor's Office told the outlet on Thursday, March 7, that there was "nothing new to report" and the case is under investigation by the Kansas City Police Department.

Police confirmed with the outlet on Friday that detectives are "continuing to investigate this case, however, there have not been any significant updates to provide at this time" and that the case remains a death investigation and "NOT a homicide investigation."

John Picerno, who represents Jordan Willis, previously said that his client “is unaware of how his friends died" and was “anxiously awaiting the results of the autopsy and toxicology report.”