Crematory Operator Faces Tennessee Charges
The operator of a Georgia crematory where hundreds of bodies were found discarded last month was charged in Tennessee with six felony counts of abuse of a corpse.
Ray Brent Marsh, operator of the Tri-State Crematory in Noble, Ga., was already in custody in Walker County, Ga., charged with 174 counts of theft by deception.
County records show at least 250 bodies sent to the crematory since 1998 were from Tennessee. Bradley County Sheriff Dan Gilley said Marsh traveled 50 miles from Noble to Cleveland to pick up bodies for cremation under contract from Bradley County funeral homes.
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