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Fourth wrongful-death lawsuit filed against men accused in 2024 deaths of Chiefs fans
A Lebanon, Missouri woman is suing two men facing charges in the drug-related deaths of her son and two other men. It marks the fourth wrongful-death lawsuit against the pair. Norma Chester, the mother of 38-year-old Ricky Johnson, filed the suit on Monday against Jordan Willis and Ivory Carson, who are accused of supplying drugs at a Kansas City Chiefs game watch party at Willis' home in January 2024. Johnson and two other men, 37-year-old David Harrington and 36-year-old Clayton McGeeney, died of fentanyl and cocaine toxicity, according to an autopsy report. The three men were found dead in the backyard of a Northland home after McGeeney's fiancee told police that after she hadn't heard from McGeeney, she broke into the home's basement. In the back porch area, she found a dead body. Willis and Carson were charged with two counts each of delivery of a controlled substance and three counts each of first-degree involuntary manslaughter in March, according to Platte County court documents. Chester is seeking damages on behalf of Johnson's three children, according to the lawsuit. The woman is suing on counts of negligence. Similarly to three other wrongful death lawsuits filed against the men, the June lawsuit alleges Willis and Carson 'knew or should have known that decedent was experiencing negative side effects from cocaine and/or fentanyl,' according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit also alleges the pair failed to render aid or attempts to rescue the three men from the 'impacts caused by the cocaine and fentanyl.' Other wrongful-death lawsuits against Willis and Carson have been filed by Johnson's father, 64-year-old Rickie Johnson; McGeeny's mother, Nancy Bossert; and Harrington's father, Jon Harrington. Willis' attorney, John Picerno, previously told The Star that Willis maintains that he did not supply drugs at the watch party. Willis' DNA was found on a bag of cocaine at the scene and Carson's DNA was found on a bag of fentanyl, according to court documents. A hearing for the case is set to be held on Sept. 12, 2025. The Star's Kendrick Calfee, Nathan Pilling and Andrea Klick contributed reporting to this story.
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06-03-2025
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Host of Chiefs Party Charged After 3 Friends Die: Why Victim's Brother Said His Story Doesn't 'Add Up'
Two Missouri men have been charged with distribution of a controlled substance and involuntary manslaughter after three others were found dead outside of a Kansas City, Mo., home last year following a Chiefs game. The mysterious case made national headlines and confounded the victims' family members, one of whom told PEOPLE last year that the party host's story didn't 'add up.' The Kansas City Missouri Police Department announced charges on Wednesday against Jordan Willis and Ivory Carson, who each have been charged with distribution of a controlled substance and three separate counts of involuntary manslaughter. 'Some people seemed to believe charges would never be brought in this case, perhaps because the investigation has spanned more than a year,' Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd said in a statement. Kansas City Missouri Police Chief Stacey Graves said the department's detectives 'never stopped working on this case.''Though we often want answers immediately, great police work takes time,' Graves added. Related: 2 Men Charged with Manslaughter in Chiefs Fans' Deaths 14 Months After 3 Victims Were Found in Backyard The charges come 14 months after Clayton McGeeney, 36, David Harrington, 37, and Ricky Johnson, 38 were mysteriously found dead on Jan. 9, 2024 outside Willis' suburban Missouri home, two days after they were last seen attending a watch party there. Kansas City police said Wednesday that McGeeney's fiancé found the men's bodies after she went to Willis' home to look for her fiancé two days after he didn't come home from the party and wasn't answering her messages. The department announced this week that detectives found bags of cocaine and fentanyl inside Willis' home soon after while conducting a search of the property. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Police previously told PEOPLE last year that there were "no obvious signs of foul play" in the three men's deaths and that investigators were treating this as a "death investigation' rather than a homicide case. 'The facts don't add up,' Johnson's brother, Jonathan Price, told PEOPLE as the investigation initially began. Related: Man Whose 3 Friends Were Found Dead in His Backyard After Chiefs Game Had Nothing to Do with Deaths: Attorney The department said that each of Willis and Carson's charges carry "a maximum prison sentence of 10 years in prison."Platte County Jail records reviewed by PEOPLE show both men are currently in custody and being held on $100,000 bonds. Read the original article on People
