Accused cop killer Ian McCarthy transferred to Jackson County Jail

According to Henry County Sheriff J. Kent Oberkrom, Ian James McCarthy, 39 of Clinton, Missouri was transferred on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 to the custody of the Jackson County Jail in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Mr. McCarthy’s criminal case was transferred to Jackson County a few weeks ago on a change of venue. 

State law provides for the housing of inmates in the county where the venue is changed to for the purposes of trial, Sheriff Oberkrom said.