KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NewsNation) — Two men have been charged after investigators said they were connected to the deaths of three Chiefs fans who were found dead in the backyard of a Kansas City home in January 2024.
Jordan Willis and Ivory J. Carson were charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance in the deaths of Ricky Johnson, 38; Clayton McGeeney, 36; and David Harrington, 37.
Investigations have been ongoing since Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, when a woman called Kansas City police and said she had found a dead body at the Kansas City home after she had been searching for her fiancé, 36-year-old McGeeney.
Investigations revealed that two days before, the three had arrived at their friend Jordan Willis’ home to watch the Chiefs’ final regular season game of 2024.
Over the next 48 hours, the men would go silent, leaving family and friends to worry, according to police.
After the woman informed police of the body, they arrived at the home and knocked on the door. They said Willis opened the door and let them inside, even though he never opened the door to McGeeney’s fiancé.
Police later found not just the one body but two others in the backyard.
The Chiefs fans’ death investigation
Willis reportedly told police his friends froze to death as temperatures dipped in the area.
Preliminary autopsy and toxicology results later showed all three men had cocaine and fentanyl in their systems.
At the time, prosecutors hadn’t announced any charges related to the January investigation. Some of the men’s families, however, have said they would like to see Willis “held responsible.”
“It was his home. He had the party,” Jennifer Marquez, David Harrington’s mother, told Fox News Digital.
John Picerno, attorney for homeowner Jordan Willis,m said, “From Day One, we talked about the fact that he had absolutely nothing to do with causing harm to his lifelong friends.”
“He doesn’t use that particular door. He goes out in the front,” Picerno told NewsNation host Dan Abrams. “He had absolutely no knowledge they were out there. They were his friends. They were at his house socializing. If he had found them there, or if they were in danger, he would have called the police and tried to help them.”
NewsNation local affiliate WDAF in Kansas City contributed to this report.