MO - Furious Friends Demand Answers After 3 Men Found Dead at Kansas City Home Days After Watching Football Game, January 2024 #4

[girlhasnoname]

I agree with you. I try to err on the side of personal responsibility. Unless they can prove it, no one forcibly made the victims partake in the drugs. It is a sad situation all around, but charging JW with manslaughter won't bring them back and won't make anyone feel better.

I believe JW earns good money as a research scientist and comes from a financially well off family. I can see wrongful death suits being filed even as we type.

From what I've gathered, the longtime friends, all 4 of them, have hung out together often in the past. This not being the first time they've 'partied' together beyond just alcohol use. Even the families of one or more of the deceased have acknowledged that IIRC.

These aren't teenagers or even very young adults and I agree they made their own choice to participate in using the drug. This time unfortunately, it appears to have been laced with fentanyl, which is an epidemic today.

It's a horrible tragedy for all involved. I would go after the bigger fish who supplies the little part time users. I have absolutely no doubt that JW did not intend, participate in, or expect his friends to die.

Just a no win situation for anybody.

JMO

<PS - Love the St. Patty's hat>

 

[rleigh123]

I agree with you. I try to err on the side of personal responsibility. Unless they can prove it, no one forcibly made the victims partake in the drugs. It is a sad situation all around, but charging JW with manslaughter won't bring them back and won't make anyone feel better.

IMO

Any time someone is charged with manslaughter or murder, it doesn't bring the deceased back.
And yes, many times when a person is charged for such a crime, it might make the victim's loved ones "feel better," although I'd rather say it might ease the grieving process when there is a sense of justice and relief.

There's not yet enough info for me to have an opinion on whether or not the defendants should be held accountable. There are many variables that could arise.

For example, if the deceased men unknowingly took Fentanyl (which seemed to be happening quite often around that time) it would be a poisoning. Then I'd most likely want the person(s) held accountable.

I agree about personal responsibility. If others took actions that helped to cause the deaths of these men, they should face justice. What that looks like is up to the legal system.

IMO

 

[PrairieWind]

Do we have copies of the charging documents?

 

[MamaSleuth5]

Do we have copies of the charging documents?

Post in thread 'MO - Furious Friends Demand Answers After 3 Men Found Dead at Kansas City Home Days After Watching Football Game, January 2024 #4' MO - Furious Friends Demand Answers After 3 Men Found Dead at Kansas City Home Days After Watching Football Game, January 2024 #4

Link to post with court documents.

Hope I shared that correctly.

2 charged in Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths 14 months after bodies found frozen in backyard

Two men have been arrested in connection to the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen in the backyard of a home back in January 2024.

www.fox4news.com

In this article there is a pdf link to the probable cause document.

Hope this helps.

JMO

 

[Gemmie]

Post in thread 'MO - Furious Friends Demand Answers After 3 Men Found Dead at Kansas City Home Days After Watching Football Game, January 2024 #4' MO - Furious Friends Demand Answers After 3 Men Found Dead at Kansas City Home Days After Watching Football Game, January 2024 #4

Link to post with court documents.

Hope I shared that correctly.

2 charged in Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths 14 months after bodies found frozen in backyard

Two men have been arrested in connection to the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen in the backyard of a home back in January 2024.

www.fox4news.com

In this article there is a pdf link to the probable cause document.

Hope this helps.

JMO

Per the Probable Cause Statement you linked:

WILLIS stated he believed that McGEENEY, HARRINGTON, and JOHNSON possibly got a hold of some fentanyl at some point on Sunday. WILLIS stated he believed McGEENEY, HARRINGTON, and JOHNSON all left his residence on 01-08-2024 around 0400 hours.

On 01-12-2024, a doctor with Forensic Medical of Kansas ruled the deaths of HARRINGTON, McGEENEY, and JOHNSON to be due to Fentanyl and Cocaine combined toxicity.

2 charged in Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths 14 months after bodies found frozen in backyard

Two men have been arrested in connection to the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen in the backyard of a home back in January 2024.

www.fox4news.com

 

[al66pine]

Per the Probable Cause Statement you linked:

WILLIS stated he believed that McGEENEY, HARRINGTON, and JOHNSON possibly got a hold of some fentanyl at some point on Sunday. WILLIS stated he believed McGEENEY, HARRINGTON, and JOHNSON all left his residence on 01-08-2024 around 0400 hours.

On 01-12-2024, a doctor with Forensic Medical of Kansas ruled the deaths of HARRINGTON, McGEENEY, and JOHNSON to be due to Fentanyl and Cocaine combined toxicity.

2 charged in Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths 14 months after bodies found frozen in backyard

Two men have been arrested in connection to the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen in the backyard of a home back in January 2024.

www.fox4news.com

@Gemmie Thx : ) for posting ProbCause stmt prompting me to reread & to notice a poss. bit of discrepancy re cause of deaths. Was CoD one drug or combined drugs?

Quote from Prob Cause stmt: "doctor with Forensic Medical of Kansas ruled the deaths...to be due to Fentanyl and Cocaine combined toxicity." sbm bbm

Now trying to find news story when someone (was it fam of a victim?) who told reporter:
ME (or pathologist?) said the three men, died of drug overdose, w three times the lethal limit of ___ (either cocaine or Fen, I forget which). Or am I recalling incorrectly?

A link anyone, pls? @IceIce9 Do you recall?


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ProbCause Stmt.
My paraphrasing. (sorry I can't clip to quote):
01/09/24. LE searching Willis' house found -
Item #1, bag of white powdery substance, from top drawer of end table.
Item #2, baggie w white residue, on entertainment center in living rm.

Quoting:
"On 01-12-2024, a doctor with Forensic Medical of Kansas ruled the deaths of HARRINGTON, McGEENEY, and JOHNSON to be due to Fentanyl and Cocaine combined toxicity." bbm

My paraphrasing. (sorry I can't clip to quote):
01/23/24 per KCRC lab analysis:
Item #1 was found to contain cocaine, qty. = 2.8 grams.
Item #2 was found to contain Fentanyl.

^ from ProbCause stmt., in this fox4news.com link on Mar 6.

2 charged in Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths 14 months after bodies found frozen in backyard

Two men have been arrested in connection to the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen in the backyard of a home back in January 2024.

www.fox4news.com

 

[Leilei]

I want to know if they were aware that it was Fent in that second bag. It only had residue in it. If Willis ordered it from the other defendant, did he order only cocaine or did he order both? It just seems strange to me that the "party drug" bag still had product in it, but the deadlier Fent bag just had residue. Either someone duped them into thinking that the Fent was coke, or they knew it was Fent and used it anyway. They have opposite effects so it would have been pretty obvious after using it that no, it was not cocaine, but maybe they truly didn't know and snorted all of it, and everything went south from there.
IMO - just pondering.

 

[al66pine]

My post just above may not have zeroed in sufficiently re poss. bit of discrepancy.
Was CoD the two combo of two drugs or was only one drug ?

Again:
Quote from Prob Cause stmt: "doctor with Forensic Medical of Kansas ruled the deaths...to be due to Fentanyl and Cocaine combined toxicity." sbm bbm

Now trying to find news story when someone (was it fam of a victim?) who told reporter:
ME (or pathologist?) said the three men, died of drug overdose, w three times the lethal dose of ___ (either cocaine or Fent, I forget which). Or am I recalling incorrectly?

If CoD (as written in ProbCauseStmt & presumably originating in Autopsy Rpt) was the combined toxicity of cocaine and Fent, then did the news story I'd like to find contain a misquote or misunderstanding about the 3 x lethal dose of one drug?

Anyone?

 

[PrairieWind]

My post just above may not have zeroed in sufficiently re poss. bit of discrepancy.
Was CoD the two combo of two drugs or was only one drug ?

Again:
Quote from Prob Cause stmt: "doctor with Forensic Medical of Kansas ruled the deaths...to be due to Fentanyl and Cocaine combined toxicity." sbm bbm

Now trying to find news story when someone (was it fam of a victim?) who told reporter:
ME (or pathologist?) said the three men, died of drug overdose, w three times the lethal dose of ___ (either cocaine or Fent, I forget which). Or am I recalling incorrectly?

If CoD (as written in ProbCauseStmt & presumably originating in Autopsy Rpt) was the combined toxicity of cocaine and Fent, then did the news story I'd like to find contain a misquote or misunderstanding about the 3 x lethal dose of one drug?

Anyone?

I would guess (and this is just a guess) that it was the fent that killed them. Both of those drugs could kill but in different ways. I am guessing its the fentanyl. But it may not matter. These are street drugs and if Willis supplied them he is likely going to be liable for what happened.

 

[SamiSleuth]

My post just above may not have zeroed in sufficiently re poss. bit of discrepancy.
Was CoD the two combo of two drugs or was only one drug ?

Again:
Quote from Prob Cause stmt: "doctor with Forensic Medical of Kansas ruled the deaths...to be due to Fentanyl and Cocaine combined toxicity." sbm bbm

Now trying to find news story when someone (was it fam of a victim?) who told reporter:
ME (or pathologist?) said the three men, died of drug overdose, w three times the lethal dose of ___ (either cocaine or Fent, I forget which). Or am I recalling incorrectly?

If CoD (as written in ProbCauseStmt & presumably originating in Autopsy Rpt) was the combined toxicity of cocaine and Fent, then did the news story I'd like to find contain a misquote or misunderstanding about the 3 x lethal dose of one drug?

Anyone?

Post in thread #3 with link to NY Post article
^^That's probably a good place to start. Didn't have time to look into it closely, but it said something like thc, cocaine and fentanyl were found, but only gave the amount (3 times the lethal dose) for fentanyl.

 

[al66pine]

Was CoD from One Drug or Combo of Two? Criminal Charges?

I would guess (and this is just a guess) that it was the fent that killed them. Both of those drugs could kill but in different ways. I am guessing its the fentanyl. But it may not matter. These are street drugs and if Willis supplied them he is likely going to be liable for what happened.

Thx for commenting. @PrairieWind : )
Yes, whether CoD was one drug only or combo may not matter.

Or may.
If Willis bought cocaine (Item #1 in ProbCauseStmt)** from un-IDed source, and
if Willis shared cocaine w the three who ingested some.
And
if Carson provided (sold?) Fent (Item #2 in ProbCauseStmt) to one of the three, and
if the three ingested some,
See below* explaining why Willis may have survived & other three did not.

If CoD for the three was Fent (one drug), then no crim. conviction for Willis. Yes?
If CoD was "combined toxicity" (two drugs), then poss. crim. conviction for Willis. Yes?
And poss. crim. conviction for Carson. Yes?

IDK, not saying that ^ is what happened, as it's one of multiple possibilities.
A lot not known to us yet.

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* Adding bbm, I'm quoting from post #699 by @Cedars ------- TYVM Cedars : )

"1 bag was pure cocaine and has been associated with Wllis.
"A second bag had the fentantyl and was associated with Carson, and allegedly purchased by Harrington.
"The messages allegedly indicate Carson supplied Harrington with cocaine, Zahnd said." https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/us/kansas-city-deaths-chiefs-fans-hnk/index.html
"So, if Willis only consumed his own safe, pure supply, that's why he didn't die
"It appears to me the deceased Harrington shared his tainted supply with the other two, that's why they died."
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** Image of ProbCause Stmt in story

2 charged in Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths 14 months after bodies found frozen in backyard

Two men have been arrested in connection to the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen in the backyard of a home back in January 2024.

www.fox4news.com

 

[al66pine]

Source of Stmt about Three Times a Lethal Dose. CoD= Combined Toxicity.

Post in thread #3 with link to NY Post article
^^That's probably a good place to start. Didn't have time to look into it closely, but it said something like thc, cocaine and fentanyl were found, but only gave the amount (3 times the lethal dose) for fentanyl.

@SamiSleuth Thx so much for link to article, showing source of "three times" a lethal dose.
Originally I had trouble finding that quote, very glad you pulled it right up.

In Feb. 2024 victims' fam told media that LE had initial tox reports, which showed
"found cocaine, THC — and three times the amount of fentanyl that is enough to kill."*

LE & fam's may have received only an oral briefing, may not have seen anything in writing re CoD= Combined Toxicity.
It seems vics' fams thought that Fent was the only CoD.

It's possible that in Feb 2024 neither LE nor vics' fams saw the actual tox reports.
So that is how the "three times" phrasing came out to MSM.

Now I see why there was a gap btwn "combined toxicity" from Med Examiner & three times a lethal dose from families.
Whew. imo
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* Feb 2024

Kansas City Chiefs fans found dead had three times lethal amount of fentanyl plus cocaine, THC: reports

Initial toxicology reports on the three Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen and dead in a friend’s yard found cocaine, THC — and three times the amount of fentanyl that is enough to ki…

nypost.com

 

[Leilei]

Was CoD from One Drug or Combo of Two? Criminal Charges?

Thx for commenting. @PrairieWind : )
Yes, whether CoD was one drug only or combo may not matter.

Or may.
If Willis bought cocaine (Item #1 in ProbCauseStmt)** from un-IDed source, and
if Willis shared cocaine w the three who ingested some.
And
if Carson provided (sold?) Fent (Item #2 in ProbCauseStmt) to one of the three, and
if the three ingested some,
See below* explaining why Willis may have survived & other three did not.

If CoD for the three was Fent (one drug), then no crim. conviction for Willis. Yes?
If CoD was "combined toxicity" (two drugs), then poss. crim. conviction for Willis. Yes?
And poss. crim. conviction for Carson. Yes?

IDK, not saying that ^ is what happened, as it's one of multiple possibilities.
A lot not known to us yet.

__________________________________________
* Adding bbm, I'm quoting from post #699 by @Cedars ------- TYVM Cedars : )

"1 bag was pure cocaine and has been associated with Wllis.
"A second bag had the fentantyl and was associated with Carson, and allegedly purchased by Harrington.
"The messages allegedly indicate Carson supplied Harrington with cocaine, Zahnd said." https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/us/kansas-city-deaths-chiefs-fans-hnk/index.html
"So, if Willis only consumed his own safe, pure supply, that's why he didn't die
"It appears to me the deceased Harrington shared his tainted supply with the other two, that's why they died."
___________________
** Image of ProbCause Stmt in story

2 charged in Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths 14 months after bodies found frozen in backyard

Two men have been arrested in connection to the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen in the backyard of a home back in January 2024.

www.fox4news.com

This makes a lot of sense to me.

 

[arielilane]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
A third wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with the overdose deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans in January 2024.

Third wrongful death lawsuit filed over Chiefs fans’ overdose deaths

A third wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with the overdose deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans in January 2024.

www.kmbc.com

3/30/2025

 

[arielilane]

Carson is due in court on April 15, while Willis is expected in court on April 2.

Third wrongful death lawsuit filed over Chiefs fans’ overdose deaths

A third wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with the overdose deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans in January 2024.

www.kmbc.com

3/30/2025

 

[arielilane]

PLATTE COUNTY, Mo. —
A second wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found in the backyard of a home in January 2024.

Second wrongful death lawsuit filed over Chiefs fans' overdose deaths

A second wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found in the backyard of a home.

www.kmbc.com

3/17/2025


On March 7, the father of David Harrington filed a similar lawsuit in Platte County.

 

[arielilane]

For anyone interested, Jordan Willis has a motion for discovery hearing tomorrow @1:00 pm CT.

https://www.courts.mo.gov/

03/12/2025
Bond Transferred
Bond 25AEBND431 was transferred from Case ID 25AE-CR00611 to Bond 25AEBND438 with a balance of $100,000.00.
Filed By: JORDAN REID WILLIS

Motion for Discovery
DEFENDNT'S MOTION FOR DISCOVERY BY THE STATE WITHOUT COURT ORDER, PURSUANT TO MISSOURI SUPREME COURT RULE 25 filed. (kc)
Filed By: JOHN ANTHONY PICERNO
On Behalf Of: JORDAN REID WILLIS
Judge/Clerk - Note
Defendant is out of custody on a $100,000.00 cash bond posted on 03/07/2025.

CONDITIONS: NO CONTACT BETWEEN CO-DEFENDANTS.
Hearing Scheduled

Scheduled For: 04/02/2025; 1:00 PM; MYLES A PERRY; Platte

 

[branmuffin]

What do those of you who followed this case very closely think about this? Are you surprised that JW is being charged?

 

[branmuffin]

I'm a little surprised that Willis is being charged. When reading the media accounts it says Carson sold cocaine to Willis and the victims and that his (Carson's) fingerprints were found on the bag of cocaine. And that his, not Willis' fingerprints were found on the bag of fentanyl. So I can see Willis getting charged with drug dealing but not supplying the fentanyl which would be the involuntary manslaughter. If he was partaking of both wouldn't he be dead, too?

I think I'll have to wait for the court proceedings for further information.

 

[branmuffin]

Just caught this news. I always thought LE would follow through and there'd be an arrest someday. Good. I think it's great that Kansas City detectives and prosecutors over those many months kept up the work and effort to hold these two accountable. Arrests can deter sales on a small scale and maybe save some lives.

2 charged in Kansas City Chiefs fans' deaths 14 months after bodies found frozen in backyard

Two men have been arrested in connection to the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen in the backyard of a home back in January 2024.

www.fox4news.com

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On Wednesday, Jordan Willis and Ivory J. Carson were charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid. Each charge carries a maximum of 10 years.

[...]

Court records also indicated that Carson, who went by "Blade Brown," supplied and sold cocaine to Willis and the victims, and that his DNA was found on a bag of fentanyl.

2 charged in death of Kansas City Chiefs fans who overdosed on coke, fentanyl

Two men were charged with the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans in January 2024.

www.yahoo.com

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/update-2024-deaths-chiefs-fans/

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It seems that IC sold drugs to all them, not just Willis. Willis was relatively new back in town, if I remember correctly, so I presume it was the 3 deceased or the 5th guest who provided Willis with the name of their supplier. It's hard to believe the three deceased never did any drugs prior to their deaths. Maybe I'm naive but I didn't find anything hinky about his behavior if he'd been drinking heavily and doing cocaine. He readily allowed LE to enter his home and sift through stuff in his house which is how they found the drugs. It's not beyond the realm of possibility that he was still feeling the effects of alcohol and drugs and didn't purposefully ignore the messaging by the deceased's friends and family.