KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Two men have been charged in connection to the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found dead in the backyard of a home in January 2024.
According to court records, Jordan Willis and Ivory J. Carson have been charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
BACKGROUND
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 a home in Northland after she had been searching for her fiancé, 36-year-old Clayton McGeeney.
Investigations revealed that two days before, three men — 37-year-old David Harrington, 38-year-old Ricky Johnson, and McGeeney — had arrived at their friend Jordan Willis’ home to watch the Chiefs’ final regular season game of 2024.
However, over the next 48 hours, the men would go silent, leaving family and friends to worry.
After the woman informed KCPD of the dead 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 one body, but two others in the backyard.
Since the incident, very few updates have been released by law enforcement.
However, nearly one month after the incident, police confirmed they had received toxicology reports from the three men. Sources told Nexstar’s WDAF that the report detailed several substances found in the men’s bodies, including cocaine and fentanyl.
Citing a doctor with Forensic Medical of Kansas, Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd confirmed during a Wednesday press conference that the three men died of fentanyl and cocaine combined toxicity.
Zahnd said that detectives “found two plastic bags containing white powdery substances.” One bag, which tested positive for cocaine, also had DNA from Willis on it, he added. The contents of the second tested positive for fentanyl and DNA belonging to Carson was found on the bag, according to Zahnd.
A witness told investigators that he had been at Harrington’s home with Willis, McGeeny, and Johnson on the night of the game and saw a “plate of cocaine allegedly supplied by Willis that everyone was using,” Zahnd said. Another witness reportedly told investigators that he was with Willis, McGeeny, Harrington, and Johnson at Willis’ home after the Chiefs game “where they drank, smoked marijuana, and used cocaine.”
According to Zahnd, text messages on Harrington’s phone between the defendants, McGeeny, Johnson, and others allegedly showed Carson had supplied him with cocaine.
In that same report, it was revealed that a fifth person had been at the home on the night of the Chiefs game. The friend told police the three men had been alive and awake when he left the house that night.
KCPD later discovered that, as early as 1:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, the three men had been alive. Willis, however, had gone to bed.
It wasn’t until 10 p.m. the next day that McGeeney’s fiancé reported finding the body.
Willis told police he had no idea any of his friends were dead outside and that he hadn’t heard from any of their family members or friends.
Investigations revealed that different family members of the three men had messaged him through Facebook Messenger, but did not text or call him directly on the phone.
However, the fifth friend’s attorney, Andrew Talge, countered this claim, saying that on the day the men were found, the friend had texted Willis after receiving messages from McGeeney’s fiancé and Johnson’s mother. But Willis never responded.
Shortly after, FOX News reported that Willis moved out of the home and checked into a rehab facility.
Carson is currently in jail with a $100,000 cash bond while authorities have been told that Willis will surrender himself on the warrant issued for his arrest and post his $100,000 cash bond.
“This case is a tragic reminder of the dangers of street drugs,” Zahnd said. “But make no mistake, the people that supply those drugs can and will be held accountable when people overdose.”