“The lawyer for a former crematory operator said he believes mercury exposure led his client to leave 334 bodies to rot in piles across his property. A prosecutor disputed the theory, saying the lawyer was trying to win parole for Ray Brent Marsh, who admitted dumping the bodies and passing off cement dust as their ashes.” (“Georgia crematory crimes blamed on mercury”, AP/CNN, Feb. 7) (via Lat)(more blue-ribbon excuses).
Blue-ribbon excuses: crematory abuse blamed on mercury
“The lawyer for a former crematory operator said he believes mercury exposure led his client to leave 334 bodies to rot in piles across his property. A prosecutor disputed the theory, saying the lawyer was trying to win parole for Ray Brent Marsh, who admitted dumping the bodies and passing off cement dust as their […]
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OH so this fellow is really a mad hatter?!
“and passing off cement dust as their ashes”
Chocolate milk mix would have been better.
Perhaps, mercury damaged his brain so that the corpses slipped his mind.
If he did not forget to collect the funeral fee, his memory cannot be that damaged by mercury.