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Montana couple, Augustus Standingrock and Tiffanie Pierce, accused of fatally stabbing two people and trying to destroy their bodies with chemicals – An earlier homicide attempt led cops to bodies found in basement

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Montana man&comma; woman accused of fatally stabbing two people and trying to destroy their bodies with chemicals<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Tiffanie Pierce&comma; 23&comma; and Augustus Standingrock&comma; 26&comma; are accused of killing two people&comma; on Aug 17<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Pierce her roommate that Standingrock brought two people over and that he took them to the basement and attacked one victim<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Pierce attacked the other victim&comma; who had tried to get away<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>The bodies were found the bodies in plastic tubs filled with chemicals&comma;in the basement of the Missoula&comma; Montana home<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Investigators also found knives and an ax covered in blood and human tissue in the home<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Pair charged with murder&comma; entered no pleas Monday&comma; bail set at &dollar;2 million<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Pierce was already under investigation for a home invasion and stabbing from late July <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;030000&semi;"><strong>Standingrock was on conditional release for felony assault and criminal enda<&sol;strong>ngerment<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module top">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"r-video">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"divWNWidgetsContainer212865505">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"divWNVideoCanvas212865505" class&equals;"ampVideoCanvas">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"WNVideoCanvas212865505divWNVideoCanvas212865505&lowbar;swfObject">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"WNVideoCanvas212865505divWNVideoCanvas212865505" class&equals;"akamai-html5 akamai-player akamai-desktop akamai-controls-none akamai-normal akamai-ready akamai-vod akamai-medium-video akamai-inactive">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"akamai-overlays akamai-layer">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"akamai-title-bar akamai-overlay">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"akamai-title-text">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-241319" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;augustus-standingrock-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Augustus Standingrock 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"480" &sol;>Augustus Standingrock and Tiffanie Pierce have been accused of killing two people &&num;8211&semi; Standingrock was on conditional release for felony assault with a weapon and criminal endangerment<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"akamai-captioning akamai-overlay">A Montana man and woman are accused of stabbing two people to death and trying to destroy their bodies by putting them in tubs with chemicals&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">Tiffanie Pierce&&num;8217&semi;s roommate told police he was awakened by a woman&&num;8217&semi;s screams on Aug&period; 17 and found Pierce and Augustus Standingrock in the bathroom washing blood off their bodies&period; Pierce would tell him there was a dead woman in the basement of the Missoula home&comma; according to authorities&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The roommate left but said Pierce showed up at his work and admitted she &&num;8220&semi;killed a couple people last night&comma;&&num;8221&semi; according to court records&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The pair did not enter pleas on Monday in a Missoula County courtroom as bail was set at &dollar;2 million&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;There&&num;8217&semi;s no combination of &lbrack;release conditions&rsqb; that would ensure that members of our community would be safe&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst told Justice of the Peace Marie Andersen&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pierce allegedly told her roommate that Standingrock brought two people over and that he took them to the basement and attacked one&period; Pierce attacked the other victim&comma; who had tried to get away&comma; according to the roommate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-241322" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;tiffanie-pierce-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tiffanie Pierce 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"446" &sol;>Tiffanie Pierce&comma; 23&comma; who allegedly killed the second victim&comma; was already under investigation for a home invasion and stabbing from late July<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-241284" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;police-stake-out-tiffanie-pierce-and-augustus-standingrock-missoula-montana-home&period;png" alt&equals;"Police stake out Tiffanie Pierce and Augustus Standingrock Missoula&comma; Montana home&period;png" width&equals;"779" height&equals;"416" &sol;>One crime led to the discovery of another for Missoula PD<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Police searched the home that afternoon and found human remains in the basement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Missoula Police Department were investigating a homicide at a home in the 1900 block of Strand Avenue in Missoula after a reported home invasion on Sunday&comma; July 23&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Standingrock and Pierce were inside and were arrested&period; Investigators have not yet been able to identify the victims&comma; although court documents indicate they are a man and a woman&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;During the search of the home&comma; police found the bodies in plastic tubs filled with chemicals&comma; and found knives and an ax covered in blood and human tissue in the home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Standingrock and Pierce also are charged with accountability for deliberate homicide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspects tried to destroy the bodies by putting them in tubs with chemicals that prosecutors say were purchased by Pierce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-241336" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;tiffanie-pierce-and-augustus-standingrock-street-blocked-off-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tiffanie Pierce and Augustus Standingrock street blocked off 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"621" &sol;>Police cordon off a home in Missoula&comma; Montana where Pierce and Standingrock have been accused of previously injuring a homeowner during a robbery on July 23<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The victims&&num;8217&semi; names have not been released&period; Pierce&comma; 23&comma; and the 26-year-old Standingrock are charged with deliberate homicide and accountability to deliberate homicide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Yeah&comma; I guess I understand my rights&period; Yeah&comma; that’s cool&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Pierce said during the court appearance&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;missoulian&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;homicide-charges-filed-against-pair-after-two-bodies-found-in&sol;article&lowbar;938c2605-40a9-59fd-b442-7417774794df&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">according to the Missoulian<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ironically the suspects heinous acts was revealed in the course of police investigating Pierce for her alleged involvement in a home invasion and stabbing that took place in late July&period; The victim in that case said a woman &lbrack;Pierce&rsqb;&comma; asked her several times&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Where&&num;8217&semi;s the money&comma; where&&num;8217&semi;s the drugs&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to a search warrant application&comma; in the early hours of July 23&comma; officers were dispatched to a call for an apparent attempted deliberate homicide in a Missoula home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A male and a female&comma; later identified by police as Standing-Rock and Pierce&comma; entered the residence during the night&period; Pierce allegedly stabbed a woman sleeping there multiple times in the face&comma; neck&comma; abdomen and thigh with a knife&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The victim survived&comma; but later told police that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;it seemed like they were surprised to see me” and that Pierce allegedly asked several times &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;where’s the money&comma; where’s the drugs&quest;” before stealing phones and a small amount of cash&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Video surveillance from a nearby auto shop&comma; cellular data&comma; witness corroboration and computer analysis by detectives allowed the Missoula police to identify Pierce as a suspect&period; The police then executed a search warrant at Strand Avenue on Thursday&comma; Aug&period; 17&comma; when they found evidence of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;other” crimes&comma; including homicide&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Standingrock was on conditional release at the time of the search&comma; for the suspended portion of felony sentences for assault with a weapon and criminal endangerment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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