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Police charge man for 2 found fatally stabbed behind church in KC

Mario Markworth photo Jackson Co.

KANSAS CITY (AP) — A man is charged with murder in the deaths of two men who were fatally stabbed in Kansas City

22-year-old Mario Markworth was charged Thursday with two counts of second-degree murder. He does not yet have a listed attorney. Markworth is jailed on $250,000 bond.

The victims, 56-year-old Michael McLin and 52-year-old Kevin Waters, were found dead about 6 a.m. Tuesday in the parking lot behind the Sheffield Life Center in northeastern Kansas City.

Police have not disclosed a motive for the killings.

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