Associated Press, "Lawyer Slams Crematory Operators at Trial"

          The former operators of a Georgia crematory where hundreds of bodies were improperly disposed showed no respect for the dead, attorneys for nearly 1,700 family members said at the start of a civil trial in the case. "These bodies were buried in mass graves, dumped in vaults" and "strewn across the grounds," said Kathryn Barnett, an attorney for the families.
          Brent Marsh and the estate of his late father, Ray Marsh, are being sued 2 1/2 years after 334 bodies were found at the Tri-State Crematory, which served Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. Tri-State routinely failed to properly document cremations, Barnett said, referring to a corpse known only as body No. 158 - a woman with arthritis whose fractured skull was found alongside other bodies. "Someone mourned her loss and she had a name, but we'll never know who she is," Barnett said. "She will never be returned to her family, but we know that they loved her."