The gruesome details of the rape and murder of Jesus Isidor Mendoza, a formerPierce College student, could have come out of a horror movie. The attack took place around Oct. 22, 2014 in a Tacoma home. Mendoza was reported missing after he failed to come to Pierce that day.

Court documents state that Wallace Jackson, 48 and Darrel Daves, 49, raped Mendoza in a detached garage of the house of Crystal Jackson’s, 30, (no relations) where Daves was staying at the time.

According to court documents were drowned Mendoza in a bucket of water. Wallace held down Mendoza’s head into the bucket as Daves held down his legs. Mendoza’s hands were behind his back, but Crystal was unable to see if the hands were bound.

After he was dead, they dismembering the corpse with a machete style knife Daves grabbed from the house. Mendoza was then stuffed it in a duffle bag.

After two days of leaving the body outside, Crystal and Daves loaded the body into a car and disposed of the body down a ravine where it was left for nearly three months.

According to Crystal’s daughter, per the court documents, the men attacked Mendoza because he allegedly stole something from Crystal’s room.

The local media has been using a portrait of Mendoza which appears to be a mug shot, which portrays him as a deliquent. Friends and family members are appauled by the gruesome details of Mendoza’s horrific death and wish to remember his legacy by those who lives he touched.

“He’s what I call a jellybean, hard on the outside but soft on the inside. Never failed to put a smile on someone’s face.” Nidia Ortiz-Cotton, Mendoza’s friend, said. “I remember how we would always get in trouble in class back in middle school. He may be gone but will forever live in our hearts.”

Mendoza and his family are well known at their Lakewood church, St. Frances Cabrini. His sisters still go to school there and his mother is well known by many Parish faculty. Most of his friends met Mendoza through church-related activities. “He was the sweetest person I knew.” Miriam Alvarez, friend and church member, said. “I first met him at church. He was always smiling, laughing at everything, as someone everyone loved being around, whether you saw him at the store or at an event.” Miriam Alvarez, friend and church member, said.

Mendoza began attending Pierce in the fall quarter of 2014. He was taking quite a course load and was attending up until his murder.

Detectives interviewed the victim’s mother. She reported that Wallace had come to her home looking for Mendoza prior to him going missing. The last time she saw her son was on October 22, 2014. She said she saw him get into a vehicle that was driven by Crystal.

Police found the body in a ravine 8 miles from the house that the murder took place, after a tip from someone overhearing Wallace say the dead body was there. The body was decomposed, but the authorities were able to identify Mendoza.

Wallace, Crystal, and Daves have all been charged with murder. Wallace and Crystal are both held on a $2 million bail, while the court ordered Daves to be held on a $5 million bail.  Wallace and Daves are know users of illegal drugs and this could be a possible motive for the attack / murder.