KANSAS CITY − After more than a year-and-a-half since three Kansas City Chiefs fans were found dead and frozen outside a Missouri home, a judge on July 24 ruled that the case against two men accused in their deaths will move forward to trial.
During a preliminary hearing in Platte County Circuit Court, Judge Abe Quint Shafer found enough probable cause in the triple murder allegations against Jordan Willis, 39, and Ivory Carson, 42 to send the case to a jury of their peers.
The defendants are charged with three counts each of of felony murder and distribution of a controlled substance in connection with the January 2024 deaths of Ricky Johnson, 38, David Harrington, 37, and Clayton McGeeney, 36. The men were all found dead in below-freezing temperatures outside a home Willis rented, the Kansas City Police Department said.
The case garnered national attention as the men's cause and manner of death were shrouded in mystery for more than a year.
Over a dozen family members of the alleged victims sat in the courtroom and remained silent when the judge made his decision during the nearly three-hour hearing.
