. >> well, right now, what we know is that two men, jordan willis and ivory carson, are each chargedwith one count of delivery of a controlled substance and three counts of involuntary manslaughter. boris, this case started january 7th, 2024, when three men, clayton mckinney, ricky johnson and david harrington, got together to watch a kansas city chiefs football game. two days later, those three men were found dead outside the home of jordan willis in this snow filled backyard. police have spent the last 14 months combing through investigation. you know, combing through evidence and speaking with witnesses. and what they have been able to determine was that those three men died of a cocaine and fentanyl toxicity. now, they say that they've charged the two men responsible again, jordan willis and ivory carson willis. his attorney told cnn in a statement that they were really surprised that jordan willis was charged in this case. cnn had previously spoken to his attorney, who said that he did not know anything about this. he described him as distraught prior. now, today, his attorney i

containing a white powdery substances. >> now, nearly. >> 14 months. >> later, prosecutors are charging jordan willis another man, ivory jay carson, in connection with their deaths. >> mr. willis and mr. carson are both charged with a single count of delivery of a controlled substance and three counts of involuntary manslaughter for recklessly causing the deaths of mr. mckinney, mr. harrington and mr. johnson. >> according to a probable cause affidavit. officials say the three men died of a combined fentanyl and cocaine toxicity, according to prosecutors. a witness told police he was at david harrington home with mckinney, johnson and willis the night of the football game, where he saw, quote, a large plate of cocaine allegedly supplied by mr. willis that everyone was using. the witness said the three friends were headed to willis's house after the game, according to prosecutors. another witness said he was with willis, harrington, mckinney and johnson at willis's home later on in the evening, where they drank alcohol, smoked marijuana and used cocaine, according to prosecutors. authorities also say

in the back yard of a home rented by a fourth friend, jordan willis. >> mr. mcgenie, mr.gton and mr. johnson all died of fentanyl and cocaine combined. >> reporter: willis and the man police say confessed to selling the cocaine, ivory carson, are each charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of delivery of a controlled substance. they found one bag of cocaine with willis' dna and one bag of fentanyl with carson's dna on it. witnesses say they saw the victims consuming alcohol and marijuana. and text messages show the men agreed to be supplied with cocaine. >> this is a message for those bringing fentanyl into our community. you will be held accountable. you will be arrested and charged. >> reporter: willis' attorney says his client plans to plead not guilty. >> he told me since day one he didn't have any part in purchasing or distributing drugs to anyone that day. >> reporter: attorneys for carson could not immediately be reached for comment. >> it's partial closure. someone's being held responsible, which was what my family wanted all along.

los identificaron como carson y jordan willis. los dos. compra y tambiÉn el consumo de cocaÍna entre las vÍctimas y los acusados. uno de los sujetos, carson, estÁ en custodia con una fianza de 100.000 $ y el otro estarÍa por entregarse de acuerdo con las autoridades. >> sin duda, miriam. un caso donde hay muchas respuestas, como lo dices. pero lo que se pregunta la comunidad y los familiares, supongo, es por quÉ ha tardado tanto esta investigaciÓn. >> claro, 14 meses y justamente en la conferencia de prensa es lo que preguntaban muchÍsimas personas, muchos periodistas. el fiscal en este caso, dijo que estos asuntos a veces pueden demorar tiempo, que habÍa ciertas partes adicionales a la investigaciÓn que debÍan resolverse antes de poder presentar estos cargos. ademÁs, tambiÉn destacÓ que quienes suministran drogas serÁn responsables cuando principalmente una persona llegue a sufrir una sobredosis de droga. >> sabemos algo de parte de los acusados? >> sabemos poco, pero uno de los acusados, el abogado de Él, el abogado de willis, que es el

jordan willis owns the home where his friends bodies were found in 2024. the men died from deadly mixture of fentanyl and cocaine after watching the final regular season game together. their bodies were found two days later in willis's backyard in freezing temperatures. ivory carson, who goes by blade brown, is also alleged to have supplied and sold cocaine to willis and the victims. after searching willis's home, drugs other than found with willis's dna and a bag with carson's dna and ea witness claiming he saw a large plate of cocaine supplied by willis for the rest of the group earlier that day. willis's lawyer reacting saying in part, jordan maintains he is not responsible for supplying the drugs that led to the deaths of his three friends. we look forward to the day a jury hears the evidence in the case. both face involun ttary manslaughter and two counts of delivering a controlled s substance. guys. >> brian: thanks. >> ainsley: that is crazy, happened a while ago and now arresting the individual for distributing the drugs. did these guys, chanley pa

the first defendant, jordan willis owns the home where his friends' bodies were found back in january2024. prosecutors say the men died from a deadly mixture of fentanyl and cocaine after watching the final regular season game together. their bodies were found two days later in willis' backyard in freezing temperatures. in addition to willis, irey carson who goes by blade brown is also alleged to have supplied and sold cocaine to willis and the victims. after searching willis' home investigators found a bag of drugs with willis' d.n.a. on it. another bag of fentanyl had traces of carson's d.n.a. and a witness who was watching the game with the victims providing a probable cause statement claiming he saw a large plate of cocaine supplied by willis for the rest of the group earlier that day. willis' lawyer reactings to the charges saying in part, quote: jordan maintains that he is not responsible for purchasing or supplying the drugs that led to the death of his three friends. we are very much looking forward to the day a jury guess to hear all the evidence in this case. now both defend

jordan willis, inside, 39, a suspect.sday and so is the alleged drug dealer ivory carson who is 42 years old. >> both of them were charged. why did it take so long, gregg? this happened january 7th, 2024. >> yeah, i'm sorry always mystified, ainsley how long it takes for law enforcement to obtain toxicology results. you know, here about a year. the prosecution's theory is that the three men ingested cocaine mixed with fentanyl, that caused them to fall asleep, pass out in the extreme cold outdoors where they died of cardiac arrest, hypothermia. authorities have charged, properly, i think, the alleged priors of the illegal drugs with causing their death. under the missouri law it is elsewhere, even unintended death can still be a crime if it's caused by somebody else's negligence. and here, providing illegal drugs that's the reckless negligent conduct resulted in death. they are presumed to be innocent. they will have a chance to make their case at trial. >> ainsley: thank you so much for coming on with us. have a great we

jordan still with us. and let's bring you to the conversation right now, nbc news and msnbc political analyst, former u.s. senator claire mccaskill. also former secretary of homeland security in the obama administration, jay johnson. willieu know. >> we've had. democrats and everybody else and people in the media and some republicans wringing their hands, saying the reason. >> why. >> kamala harris lost his she didn't focus on the price of eggs. she didn't focus the. >> price of. >> of gasoline, a. >> gallon of. >> gasoline, the price of butter. you you look at that speech last night, and it was just it was a long list. a collection of cultural grievances that have very. >> little to do with. >> the economy, very. >> little to. >> do with driving down prices, very. >> little to. >> do with the very things. >> that democrats. >> were supposed to be negligent. not talking about. during the campaign. the only economic policies that were talked about were economic policies that even republicans and conservative economists say, hey, that's going to cause higher inflation, but you go down. it was, again, a ali's last guest, jacques le haut, talked about. >> how it was. >> almost like chatgpt. >> wrote that. >> speech because i