It’s more likely to be hypothermia from passing out from the fentanyl than overdosing, Dr. Baden stated.
Dr. Michael Baden, a contributor to Fox News, spoke on FOX & Friends to share his thoughts on the study and speculate about the possible causes of the three NFL fans’ deaths.
Following the discovery of fentanyl in the toxicology report for the three Kansas City Chiefs fans found dead in the snow two days after a game-day gathering, forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden feels he has identified the cause of death.
According to preliminary test results, Ricky Johnson, Clayton McGeeney, and David Harrington all had fentanyl and cocaine in their systems, according to TMZ, which cited sources with firsthand knowledge of the incident.
Although we still need to wait for the formal report, it looks like fentanyl and other drugs were present at the time. Doctors use fentanyl because it’s a potent painkiller and one of its negative effects is drowsiness. I believe that what happened here was that they utilized medicines together before, Baden stated on FOX & Friends.
The one guy that comes in and sleeps on the couch inside sleeps it off, Baden continued, making reference to Jordan Willis, who entered rehab following the discovery of the men’s bodies outside his residence.
On January 9, the bodies of David Harrington, Clayton McGeeney, and Ricky Johnson were discovered outside the residence of their acquaintances in Kansas City, Missouri.
The other three become drowsy and pass out outside, and the body temperature drops very quickly from 98 degrees to 80 degrees due to the weather and snow, Baden said. After less than an hour, the heart can no longer beat accurately, and they die of hypothermia.
It is highly atypical for three or four drug users to pass away from fentanyl usage at the same time, Baden said. People’s experiences with the consequences vary widely. Therefore, the likelihood of overdosing is lower and the likelihood of hypothermia brought on by a fentanyl overdose is higher.
Willis claims he didn’t know his friends had perished outside and spent almost two days sleeping indoors on a sofa. Although fentanyl was presumably the most potent drug they took, Baden clarified that it is unknown what additional drugs were discovered and that the claimed levels of the substance would probably not have been sufficient to kill them on their own.
They would all grow drowsy, and if they pass out in the snow, they die, but it would be quite unlikely for a true overdose to kill them. Its painless demise is one of the contributing elements, he stated. They experience no agony when they die, nor do they feel pain from the cold.
On January 9, Jordan Willis, 38, an HIV scientist, booked himself into a rehab center following the discovery of the bodies of his three companions in his backyard.(GitHub)
The co-host of FOX & Friends, Lawrence Jones, brought up the fentanyl epidemic in America, saying that in some places, people are dropping like flies because it’s mixed with cocaine or used as a heroin substitute.
After saying that most fentanyl deaths are coupled with other narcotics, co-host Brian Kilmeade questioned whether fentanyl might be accidentally consumed.
That contributes to the issue. Fentanyl has a very low cost. The drug lords may combine fentanyl and marijuana at a very low cost. Fentanyl is combined with cocaine, which makes it far more potent than the other drugs, according to Baden.
Thus, it’s possible that none of the four of them even knew what they were getting. We must wait for the official toxicology report because, as Lawrence mentioned, they may have believed they were receiving cocaine when, in fact, they were receiving fentanyl.
An outside view of Jordan Willis’s Kansas City, Missouri, home’s porch and backyard on January 26. Two days after attending a Kansas City Chiefs watch party at the house, on January 9, the deaths of Willis’ three friends, Ricky Johnson, Clayton McGeeney, and David Harrington, were discovered in the backyard, with one body discovered on the porch.(Fox News Digital DWS)
Ainsley Earhardt speculated that Willis might have acknowledged drug use given the police’s statement that the deaths are not being investigated as homicides.
When the police arrived, they took items from the site. They might thus have known about the package or other container the narcotics were in, which is why they immediately declared it was not a homicide.
They immediately stated that it appeared to be a drug overdose and that it would be crucial to know how much of the drug was used in order to be so confident of the effects.
The initial report mentions fentanyl and cocaine traces. Compared to cocaine, fentanyl has a far higher fatality rate, according to Baden.
