Tri State Crematory

The man at the center of the Tri-State Crematory scandal walked free from prison Wednesday after serving his full 12-year sentence.Ray Brent Marsh pleaded guilty in 2004 to various charges, including theft by deception, abusing a corpse, burial service-related fraud and giving false statements, after the bodies of 334 people in various stages of decomposition were found scattered across his crematory property in Noble, Georgia. Marsh could have been sentenced to thousands of years, but took a plea deal that gave him a 12-year sentence.Channel 2’s Ross Cavitt was the only news reporter at the Central State Prison in Bibb County Wednesday morning as Marsh was walked out by his attorney, McCracken Poston. 12 years after his conviction in the bizarre Tri-State Crematory case, Ray Brent Marsh released from prison. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/FS1PsWxcYi — Ross Cavitt WSB-TV (@RossCavittWSB) June 29, 2016 Poston was Marsh’s original attorney. He represented him through the early 2000s and then came back 12 years later to pick him up at prison. Poston says his client's release is another test of the Christian theology of forgiveness.  "I think it's time to forgive Ray Brent Marsh. It's time to welcome him back to the community. I just want people to leave him alone and give him a chance," Poston said. [READ: Victim's granddaughter says she will 'never forgive' Ray Brent Marsh] Marsh, who came from a respected family with deep ties in Walker County, has never offered an explanation for his...

After 15 years, one woman is finally getting an apology letter from Brent Marsh, with our help.Marsh served 12 years in prison for stacking hundreds of bodies all over his crematory property, instead of carrying out their families' last wishes.Jules Kinder's father was one of them."He was found out in the woods in a pile of 13 bodies," she said.As a part of Marsh's sentence, he was required to write apology letters to the families of the victims whose remains were identified."I have not received a letter," Kinder said.Kinder contacted NewsChannel 9 asking for help.Marsh's attorney McCracken Poston says he knew the letters were going to be a part of Marsh's sentence, so he had him start early."He plead and started serving his time in the walker county jail- even before the sentencing. So, he began working on them even then," Poston said.When they were finished, Poston says he hand delivered the letters to the probation office, like the sentencing order requested.The chief of the probation office says they sent all the letters out in 2002.Wednesday, 15 years and several phone calls later, NewsChannel 9 found a copy of Kinder's letter on file at the probation office.Now, it's just unclear why she never got it, even after updating her address at the DA's office when she moved."I don't specifically care what he has to say, I just care that he follows the rules of his probation," she said.Wednesday afternoon the chief of the probation office told Kinder he will resend her the copy of the letter on file.NewsChannel 9 also talked to two other families who say they did receive their letters in the mail shortly after Marsh was sentenced.