Another Hero lost. R.I.P - Rob Richards - USMC Scout Sniper

One of four U.S. Marines controversially filmed urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in 2011 has reportedly been found dead in his North Carolina home.

Marine Cpl. Robert Richards, 28, who was a medically retired combat veteran and revered sniper, was found dead Wednesday night, his attorney, Guy Womack, told the Washington Post. He said his death does not appear to be a suicide.

Richards, along with the three other Marines, made international news after video capturing them urinating on the corpses was anonymously posted to YouTube in January 2012.

HANDOUT/REUTERSThe controversial video led to Richards being reduced from a sergeant to a corporal after a plea deal in 2013. Despite international anger over the act, one Marine said he'd do it again.

The act led to Richards being reduced from a sergeant to a corporal after a plea deal in 2013.

As he told Marine Corps Times in an interview last year, it was the video's unauthorized release that really stung.

"It was really devastating and we didn't know that it'd get in the hands of a traitor in my opinion. Not a traitor but a coward as well that would potentially try to destroy us and the Maine Corps by releasing it selfishly," he said.