50 Bodies found behind Crematorium

Channel Nine News | 2-15-02

[LowOiL]

Run by Marsh Family in Walker County GA.. More as I find it out. 50 bodies, some above ground, some in sheds, some buried, partially buried.

[Senator Pardek]

***ASH ALERT***

[exit82]

Humor like that could urn you an award around here.

[WillaJohns]

Who's going to make a run to the store to buy the bier?

[2nd Amendment]

Let's not make too light of this. This occurred less than 2 miles from my home here in noble, Ga. The only info I can get on it is through freerepublic.

[oldvike]

Someone should definately get fired over this.

[sinkspur]

I guess it's not true, then, what they say about your undertaker.

That he's the last one to let you down.

[Registered]

Chattanooga Tenn??? I wonder how many license bureau workers won't be showing up on Monday...

[LowOiL]

It was a family business, the son took it over. Found 18 bodies scattered in the woods, then several buildings contained decomposing bodies. No comments from the owners (Marsh). Open graves, skeletons, no charges YET... Police will be back in the morning to check more, may take weeks.

Latest update (Channel 3 news Chattanooga Tenn.)

[Palladin]

When I saw the thread title, I knew this would be a hot topic. Reminds me of that Anthony Hopkins movie, "Cremains of the Day".

[GWfan]

Funny.

We have a crematorium close to our business and we know the guy who runs it. One day about 3 fire trucks raced to the funeral home. I saw our friend the next day, he told me that the fire got out of hand because a very obese man was being cremated. He likened it to a barbeque....my office manager almost got sick listening to him.

[exit82]

I don't know. This seems to be upsetting some folks. They better calm down--they might blow a casket.

[oldvike]

LOL, the play on words is endless for this one.

[LowOiL]

This county is located directly below Chatt. Tennessee. About 50 miles South.

[2nd Amendment]

Walker County is adjacent to Chatanooga, only a few miles South. I don't know anything about this except what I read on Freerepublic. I know the crematorium is just up the road. I always figured the smell was just road-killed possum.

[Rebelbase]

Whew, that was a rough one, Fred.

[LowOiL]

I believe this is the fellow.

Dave Marsh** — a native of the Luckey area, graduated from Eastwood High School. He attended Bowling Green State University and is a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.

Mr. Marsh began his work in funeral service in 1972 at the Holcomb Funeral Home in Luckey and purchased the business in 1983.

[Dec31,1999]

Whatever.

[WillaJohns]

I don't know. This seems to be upsetting some folks. They better calm down--they might blow a casket.

LOL

(Please note: in an effort to keep it quiet in here I did not use an exclamation point after the "LOL")

[LowOiL]

BTTT

[LowOiL]

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		Printer-Friendly Version "); document.write("Email this Story "); // --> Printer-Friendly Version Email this Story Bodies Found at Crematory Bodies Had Not Beem Cremated By Ashley Paige WDEF-TV News 12 Feb 15, 2002 Walker County authorities are investigating a bizarre case near Lafayette. Sheriff Steve Wilson says a crematorium apparently was not doing its job and as a result there are dozens of bodies and body parts scattered throughout the building. Investigators are at the TriState Crematory this weekend on Highway 27, three miles north of Lafayette. The Environmental Protection Agency and state officers are also working on the case. They want to know where the bodies came from, and why they were not cremated according to law. Sheriff Wilson is asking any family who may have ordered cremation for a loved one, to contact their funeral home and see if they were using the TriState Crematory, also known as Marsh Vault and Grave, near Lafayette. If so, authorities are asking the families contact the Walker County Sheriff's Office to help them identify as many as 50 bodies found in that building. No arrests have been made.