00:00:00.000,00:00:03.000 Captions by www.SubPLY.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00:00:06.840,00:00:09.340 DNA evidence has freed a Panola, Georgia man today, 00:00:09.440,00:00:11.410 after 12 years in Federal Prison. 00:00:11.710,00:00:14.580 James Marshall was sentenced to life without parole in 1996 00:00:14.880,00:00:17.680 for the mauling death of a state park hiker, Janet Kelly. 00:00:18.020,00:00:21.620 I took one look at him and I knew he was the man that mauled and ate my daughter. 00:00:21.990,00:00:24.730 Now that he's locked up, I pray to God that people can camp 00:00:25.130,00:00:27.190 in that bear preserve without fearing for their safety. 00:00:27.530,00:00:30.370 Throughout his time in prison Mr. Marshall maintained his innocence 00:00:30.660,00:00:33.380 claiming his jaws were not powerful enough to have inflicted 00:00:33.490,00:00:35.660 the six inch deep bites covering Ms. Kelly's body, 00:00:35.760,00:00:39.500 and that he did not eat Ms. Kelly's entire left leg and lower torso, as charged. 00:00:39.840,00:00:42.610 Panola police expressed shock at the news, as the evidence 00:00:42.980,00:00:45.750 against Mr. Marshall had been overwhelmingly strong. 00:00:45.910,00:00:49.180 Marshall worked as a guide at the Panola State Park Visitor's Center, 00:00:49.280,00:00:52.380 And was definitively placed within a mile of the crime scene 00:00:52.590,00:00:55.360 the day after the murder. Even though employees had been warned against 00:00:55.460,00:00:58.050 entering the park due to a rash of bear attacks at the time. 00:00:58.150,00:01:00.160 The jury took just 20 minutes to reach a verdict 00:01:00.460,00:01:03.930 which most attributed to the perverse nature of the murder's details, 00:01:04.370,00:01:06.700 which included a half eaten fish found at the crime scene, 00:01:06.970,00:01:09.610 leading Mr. Marshall to be known as "The Salmon Killer". 00:01:09.900,00:01:13.370 The killer also scattered huge piles of feces around the campsite. 00:01:13.670,00:01:16.510 They say after he killed Janet, he spent five minutes 00:01:16.840,00:01:19.540 rubbing his hairy back up against a tree to scratch it. 00:01:19.650,00:01:20.520 This man is sick. 00:01:20.850,00:01:24.120 The mauling was so vicious that Janet's funeral was closed casket. 00:01:24.450,00:01:28.090 Buried with her was the last photograph she took before she died. 00:01:28.190,00:01:30.890 A self portrait of her and two bear cubs. 00:01:31.060,00:01:35.510 However, the DNA evidence has not exonerated Mr. Marshall of a larceny charge 00:01:35.760,00:01:39.600 for tearing off the trunk of Ms. Kelly's car in order to get to the food inside. 00:01:39.900,00:01:43.970 Mr. Marshall faces a $5,000 fine for that crime. 00:01:44.240,00:01:47.680 The Panola Police Department today apologized for the inconvenience they caused him, 00:01:48.010,00:01:52.650 and say they plan to reopen the case and "find the black man who did this". 00:01:52.750,00:01:56.590 Moving on, the Bob Dole foundation is awarding scholarships to students 00:01:56.880,00:01:58.920 who show potential to know who Bob Dole is. 00:01:59.220,00:02:02.290 Still Ahead This Hour: BREAST MILK RECALL AFFECTS 00:02:02.590,00:02:05.060 ALL OF 405 PINE ST., YAKIMA, WA