2 charged over 1 year after 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans found dead in yard
03/06/2025 1:54 pm PST
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TCN) -- Police and prosecutors announced charges against two men they allege supplied drugs to three friends who died after watching a Kansas City Chiefs NFL game last year.
The Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and Kansas City Police Department announced in a joint statement that Jordan Willis and Ivory Carson were arrested and charged with distribution of a controlled substance and three counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths of Clayton McGeeney, David Harrington, and Ricky Johnson. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Harrington, McGeeney, and Johnson went to Willis' home the night of Jan. 7, 2024, after the Chiefs game. McGeeney’s fiancée became concerned after she couldn’t reach him, so she checked on him at Willis' residence and found "at least one person dead on the back patio." Kansas City Police Department officers responded to the scene and located the other victims. The temperature in Kansas City reached below freezing on Jan. 7.
According to the statement, investigators searched Willis' residence and located two bags containing white powdery substances. One bag tested positive for cocaine and the other for fentanyl. Willis' DNA was "determined to be a major contributor of DNA found on that bag," while Carson’s DNA was on the fentanyl bag.
One friend told police that they went to Harrington’s house prior to Willis', and while there, the friend "saw a large plate of cocaine allegedly supplied by Willis they were using."
A different friend went to hang out with Willis and the three victims at Willis' home, where they smoked marijuana, drank, and used cocaine. That friend left around midnight.
Investigators searched Harrington’s phone and reportedly found messages with the victims and two suspects "consistent with the purchase and use of cocaine." Autopsies showed Johnson, McGeeney, and Harrington all died from cocaine and fentanyl toxicity.
Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd said, "This case is a tragic reminder of the dangers of street drugs. But make no mistake, the people who supply those drugs can and will be held accountable when people overdose."
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