Georgia Crematory operator's civil suit begins today.

[Fausto]

I'm honestly surprised the guy's still alive.

ROME, Ga. - It was a scene too horrible to imagine: heaps of decaying bodies that were supposed to be cremated ? many spilling out of a storage shed, scattered around a crematory building and in nearby woods. A civil lawsuit against former operator Brent Marsh and the estate of his late father, former owner Ray Brent Marsh, was to go to trial Monday, 2 1/2 years after the remains were discovered at the Tri-State Crematory in Noble, near the Tennessee line.

Investigators found heaps of decaying bodies from Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Complete and partial human remains were found in storage buildings, in burial vaults, and in pits and the surrounding forest.

Tests revealed the crematory gave some families cement dust instead of their loved one's ashes. The remains of 334 people were discovered on the property.

Brent Marsh also faces 787 charges in a criminal trial set for Oct. 11. If convicted, he could be sentenced to more than 8,000 years in prison.

 

[KLin]

I'd hate to sit thru when the jury announces if he's guilty or not.

"On the first count, what say you? guilty. Count #2? guilty. 3? guilty. aww hell, counts 4 thru 787? GUILTY!!"

 

[GasX]

I am sure I have had this discussion before, but, honestly, wtf was that guy thinking when he did all this?

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I am sure I have had this discussion before, but, honestly, wtf was that guy thinking when he did all this?

He's either

1) One seriously lazy mo-fo.

2) Some kind of sociopath.


I'm leaning toward the former.

 

[nakedfrog]

But... wouldn't it be less work to cremate the bodies than haul them into a shed and stack them on top of each other? Not to mention dealing with the smell...

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
But... wouldn't it be less work to cremate the bodies than haul them into a shed and stack them on top of each other? Not to mention dealing with the smell...

Obviously it's more work since he couldn't be bothered to do it. What a POS.

 

[pyonir]

Does anyone know of any books that came out about this yet? Has the criminal trial already taken place?

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
But... wouldn't it be less work to cremate the bodies than haul them into a shed and stack them on top of each other? Not to mention dealing with the smell...

Wasn't the oven broke?

WTF did it take 2 1/2 years to bring this to trial? At times like this I'm envious of other countries legal systems.

Hell, just take him out back and put a bullet in his head, nuf said.

 

[Eli]

Wow, I remember reading about that like it was yesterday. Hard to believe that it was 2.5 years ago.

 

[Aharami]

Hindu here. Im supposed to be cremated by my religion. If i was one of those people who were supposed to be cremated, but werent...i'd come back from the dead and cremate his ass...alive

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
But... wouldn't it be less work to cremate the bodies than haul them into a shed and stack them on top of each other? Not to mention dealing with the smell...

Wasn't the oven broke?

WTF did it take 2 1/2 years to bring this to trial? At times like this I'm envious of other countries legal systems.

Hell, just take him out back and put a bullet in his head, nuf said.

If I recall correctly, he was too cheap to fix the oven and spend money on normal operating expenses. Not cremating the bodies was a whole lot more profitable for him than actually doing his job. Who says money doesn't talk?