Dennis Iagulli and James Pierson – You Just Don’t F**k With That Kind of Evil

By ThinkGoat

East St. Louis, Illinois Number 1, avoid East St. Louis like the plague. You’ll immediately know you’re there because, like Lewis Black describes North Korea, it’s so evil the color has completely been sucked out. And the monkeys from the Wizard of Oz live there. Think I’m kidding? Test me if you dare. It’s not a good place. Now even though downtown St. Louis proper is cool, there are still places there that creep me the fuck out.

St. Louis is built on the banks of the Muddy Mississippi with the downtown area right along those banks. It’s really a neat place to walk around – parts of the riverfront have been completely restored into quaint little restaurants and shops. But right next door to those restored beauties are abandoned warehouses that look as though they’ve housed some form of torture chambers. And running walking past them, I could swear sometimes if my heart wasn’t pounding a deafening beat in my eardrums, screams could be heard. And guess what? It turns out I’m a psychic. Those freaky little mini-movies that have played out in 3-second segments in my mind came true in one East St. Louis warehouse.

**Actual crime scene footage

It all started with a fire on top of a metal landscaping cart outside one of those fucked-up buildings I was telling ya’ll about. Since it’s hot as hell around these parts right now, it was fairly safe to rule out homeless people burning stuff to keep warm. Already shit seems suspicious. What if I told you that fire was either spontaneous human combustion or someones attempt to rid themselves of a dead body? Would you be interested? What if I were to add that burning mound of flesh was missing a few parts, like two legs and one arm? Told you this shit was suspicious. It’s only the beginning. Believe me, I wouldn’t give away this story in the 3rd paragraph.

So St. Clair County PD had a mystery to solve. 1. Who was that burning? 2. Who flicked the Bic? 3. Where the fuck are the appendages? Questions 4+ don’t really matter right now. I’ve got to slow down when telling you this shit.

Let’s address question #1. It probably would have been insensitive and quite the cliché to name this legless victim that was found close to the banks of the longest river in North America, “Bob”. (reason 2348923843 why I’m not on some special victim’s unit as a professional) Nonetheless, it didn’t take the police long to track down where the body had been prior to being torched. And they knew they were onto something when they found evidence leading them to one of the abandoned warehouses nearby. Once inside, they found identification leading them to believe “Bob” was really Zachary Irvin, a 22-year-old who left on a bus from his hometown of St. Elmo, Illinois in search of a new life/new employment. Dental records confirmed they had properly identified the body.

As for question #2. Police have charged two homeless men, Dennis Iagulli, 41, and James Pierson, 36, for the killing.

And now addressing question #3. Appendages. Who knows? More than likely it was the flying monkeys. They fucked that scarecrow up.

Warehouse Crime Scene

Now back to the warehouse. Someone had reportedly seen Irvin a few days prior to his death around the vicinity of the warehouse.  There was evidence this particular building was used as kind of a “tent city” for a small contingent of homeless people. But what piqued authorities interest as they nosed around,  was the fact three particular rooms seemed to be something out of the movie “Law Abiding Citizen” or “Reservoir Dogs” . There was blood splattering the walls and the floors, bloody fingerprints on door jambs,  and an array of utensils that led them to believe they may have played a part in the missing body parts that once belonged to Irvin. Why? Blood. (although at the time of the press release, the red shit that resembled blood found on the tools had not been tested). But because we’re pseudo non-conformists here, we’re going with blood. It just feels right, or “fits” so-to-speak.

Warehouse sneak peek

Here’s what was recovered:  meat cleaver, hacksaw, drywall saw, metal shears, claw hammer, rope, tin snips, binding material strewn around the room, and shell casings. All had a “blood-like substance” on them. 10-1 DNA testing will conclude that “blood-like substance” originated from Irvin.

As mentioned earlier, Zachary Irvin moved from St. Elmo to St. Louis after being laid-off from his job. He’s described as a good guy – one who readily helped out at his church. One a little down on his luck in a place where he grew up and one looking to better himself by finding some form of work in the “city”. Assuming he hadn’t a pot to piss in, he found himself seeking assistance (per suggestion from his grandmother) with Rev. Larry Rice’s New Life Evangelistic Center in downtown St. Louis. It was there that he and Iagulli argued and Irvin was allegedly lured to the warehouse. How they traveled from downtown St. Louis to East St. Louis is still a mystery. They were all homeless. Authorities believe Irvin was bound to a chair in the warehouse to keep him from escaping, (it worked for the most part – they obviously failed to restrain his legs and arm) shot, and cut into pieces that would be a little easier to move around and dispose.

***Zachary Irvin, victim.

Dennis Iagulli, 41, and James Pierson, 36 — have been charged with first-degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death. It is believed they shot Irvin, cut his body into pieces, and attempted to dispose of the body by setting it on fire. Each are being held in St. Clair County Jail in lieu of $3 million bail.

It seems as though this crime is being down-played by one Lieutenant. Bill Baker just seems to think 3 homeless dudes got into a “beef” and 2 of the 3 decided to settle it this way. I’m not so sure about that. I think 2 of the 3 were sadistic motherfuckers who found an innocent small-town boy they could mutilate for their own shits and giggles. It’s impossible at this point to know if Iagulli and Pierson drew the pentagrams all over the walls in the torture chambers but it kind of fits their theme. It’s also unclear if there have been other victims. Lt. Baker doesn’t believe so but let’s face it. These two look as though pure evil seeps from their pores. Who’d know if they off’d other homeless people – this kid they found just so happened to have family with whom he maintained contact.

Authorities have since cleared out the indigents that had set up home in that warehouse and East St. Louis’ mayor, Alvin Parks put the public at ease with this statement:  “We continue to monitor the situation to make sure everyone is registering for occupancy permits”. Uh-huh. I imagine the city office has been flooded with homeless people getting their permits. That’s bullshit. He knows it and I know it. These people are taking cover against those god-damn flying monkeys wherever they can.

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