Chiefs fans’ deaths on Kansas City-area porch remain a mystery as new season begins

He said he hopes there will soon be a breakthrough in the case.

Picerno maintains that his client had nothing to do with the men’s deaths.

“I hope that steps will be taken in the very near future, but I don’t know what they will be,” Picerno told USA TODAY on Wednesday. “What I can say is that I don’t anticipate my client being charged with felony murder or any type of homicide. I’m sure of that.”

‘A coroner’s report… is not purely an investigative record’

Calling it “unfortunate,” Kansas City, Missouri-based attorney Dan Curry confirmed that Missouri case law shows that a coroner’s report can be an investigative record and that investigative records can be sealed while the investigation is pending.

“In this case, the investigation has been long overdue,” Curry said Wednesday. “A coroner’s report is not, in my view, a purely investigative record. It is also a historical record that allows the public to learn the circumstances of the death. The law allows an interested party to file a lawsuit asking the court to release information from an ‘investigative record.’ However, that requires time and resources that many people do not have.”

‘An unusually long delay that requires an explanation’

Colleen Glenn, a Florida-based criminal defense attorney, told USA TODAY that while it’s essential that criminal investigations be conducted to protect the rights of all parties involved, suggesting the men’s deaths are linked to narcotics distribution “has serious implications and conclusions should be drawn from facts, not assumptions.”