Standingrock and co-defendant Tiffany Pierce were both charged with homicide in the deaths of Jackson Wiles, 24, and Marilyn Pickett, A police investigation showed that the victims were stabbed to death in a Strand Avenue home before their bodies were placed into plastic tubs filled with chemicals.
Standingrock pleaded guilty Friday morning to a charge of deliberate homicide and a count of accountability to deliberate homicide. During his Friday court appearance, Standigrock admitted killing Wiles and then handing the knife to Pierce knowing that she would stab Pickett. The plea agreement calls for Standingrock to serve a life sentence in prison, and means the trial set for January 4th in Missoula County has been vacated. AUGUST 21, New details have emerged in court documents into the brutal murder of two people found dead at a residence in Missoula last week.
On Thursday, two people were taken into custody in connection with a double murder. They have been identified as year-old Tiffanie Pierce and year-old Augustus Standingrock. Prosecutors say in court documents that on Aug. The roommate said he was at first awakened by a woman screaming. He went into the kitchen and saw blood and reported that the couple had been in the bathroom washing blood off themselves before Pierce told him what happened.
After learning this the roommate left the house. When the other tried to get away they stabbed that person also, killing them both. After the report, police obtained a search warrant for a home in the block of Strand Avenue. They arrived to find Pierce and Standingrock at the home.
Standingrock had a bloody cloth around his hand and was at first holding a gun before complying with police. The two were taken into custody without incident. Police found the handgun in the home, along with two bodies in the basement, one man and one woman. The bodies had been placed into plastic tubs filled with chemicals. Investigators also located knives and an ax covered in blood and apparent human tissue. The initial investigation indicates that the two died from stab wounds. They also found out that Pierce had recently purchased cleaning agents, plastic tubs, and chemicals used in the tubs where the bodies were found.
