MCS Report #462
Classification: Homicide
Requesting Agency: East St. Louis Police Department
Date of Activation: 06/22/2010
Commander and Department: Officer Scott Workman, Greenville PD
Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Dan Wunder, O’Fallon PD
Victim: Zachary Paul Irvin
Suspects: Dennis M. Iagulli Jr. and James Edward Pierson
The East St. Louis Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Zachary Irvin. At approximately 7:07am, police officers responded to Stoc Trailer Service, 30 Winter Street, for a report of a garden cart on fire. There they discovered a dismembered body had been set on fire inside the cart. The body was determined to be Zachary Irvin (age 22). Autopsy results showed Zachary was killed from a gunshot prior to being dismembered and set on fire.
As a result of this investigation, the following charges were issued in Zachary’s death:
James Pierson (age 35) - 1st Degree Murder and Attempting to Conceal a Homicidal Death - Bond $3,000,000.
A Grand Jury later returned indictments for 1st Degree Murder, Concealment of a Homicidal Death, Aggravated Unlawful Use of Firearm, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon.
Dennis Iagulli Jr. (age 41) - Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Unlawful Possession of Weapon by Felon - Bond $150,000
A Grand Jury later returned indictments for 1st Degree Murder and Concealment of a Homicidal Death.
