Two charged in deaths of Chiefs fans found outside KC home in 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Drug distribution and manslaughter charges are filed in Platte County against two men in the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were discovered outside a home more than a year ago. 

Jordan Willis and Ivory Carson are each charged with distribution of a controlled substance and three counts of involuntary manslaughter in the case.  Each charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years in prison.

Clayton McGeeney, David Harrington and Ricky Johnson were found dead outside Willis' home in the 5200 block of Northwest 83rd Terrace in the Platte County portion of Kansas City on Jan. 9, 2024. The men had gone to the home to watch a Chiefs game on Jan. 7 and were found when the fiancé of one went to look for him.

Temperatures had dipped below freezing on the night of the game. McGeeney, Harrington and Johnson's bodies in the backyard of Willis' home.

"Some people seemed to believe charges would never be brought in this case, perhaps because the investigation has spanned more than a year," said Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd. "Understand this: The Kansas City Police Department and my office do not rest on homicide cases until we have exhausted every possible resource to bring anyone we believe responsible to justice. Today's charges are the product of the hard work of Kansas City detectives and prosecutors over many months."

Bags containing cocaine and fentanyl were found in the home, and DNA tied Willis and Carson to them, according to a release from Zahnd's office.

A witnesses said Harrington, McGeeney, Johnson and Willis were seen drinking, smoking marijuana and using cocaine the night of the game, prosecutors said.

Data recovered from Harrington's phone allegedly contained text messages between Harrington, McGeeney, Johnson, Willis, Carson and others consistent with the purchase and use of cocaine. The messages allegedly indicated that Carson supplied Harrington with cocaine.

McGeeney, Harrington, and Johnson all died of fentanyl and cocaine combined toxicity, according to a medical report, the prosecutor's office said. 

"This case is a tragic reminder of the dangers of street drugs," Zahnd said. "But make no mistake, the people who supply those drugs can and will be held accountable when people overdose."

Willis and Carson are being held in the Platte County Detention Center in lieu of $100,000 cash bonds.