[JURIST] Ray Brent Marsh, a former operator of Georgia's Tri-State Crematory, pleaded guilty Friday to 787 criminal counts including theft, abuse of a corpse, burial service fraud and making false statements. In 2002, an anonymous tip led law enforcement authorities to find over 300 dumped bodies in the woods and buildings behind the family-own crematory, operated by Marsh since 1997. In addressing relatives of the deceased who had received cement dust instead of ashes, Marsh stated, "To those of you who may have come here today looking for answers, I cannot give you [any]." In exchange for his guilty plea, Marsh will face no more than 12 years in prison. In March of this year, funeral-home owners who sent bodies to the Tri-State Crematory settled a class action complaint for $36 million. More information about the civil suits is here. AP has more.