BELLEVILLE (AP) - A homeless man charged with murdering and dismembering another homeless East St. Louis man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Dennis Iagulli pleaded guilty Wednesday in St. Clair County Circuit Court to first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Zachary Irvin.
Prosecutors alleged Iagulli and a second man, James Pierson, killed
Irvin in June 2010 in an abandoned freight warehouse near East St.
Louis' riverfront. Irvin's dismembered body was later found smoldering nearby.
Prosecutors say Iagulli and Pierson killed Irvin because they believed
he had attacked another homeless man.
During a hearing before Judge John Baricevic, the 42-year-old Iagulli
answered questions about his involvement in the murder and waived his
right to appeal his plea.
Pierson is scheduled for trial in February. - http://goo.gl/sRm2h
