Overview

• During a July 24 preliminary hearing, Judge Abe Quint Shafer found sufficient probable cause to advance second-degree felony-murder charges against Jordan R. Willis and Ivory “Blade” Carson to trial.
• Prosecutors allege Willis and Carson supplied the fentanyl and cocaine that fatally overdosed three friends during a January 2024 Kansas City Chiefs watch party.
• Autopsies confirmed combined fentanyl and cocaine toxicity as the cause of death for Ricky Johnson, David Harrington and Clayton McGeeney.
• Willis remains free on a $100,000 bond while Carson stays jailed on the same bond pending their August 6 arraignment.
• The case will test Missouri’s felony murder rule in overdose deaths, hinging on DNA evidence and witness accounts of on-site drug use.