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FBI: Colorado Funeral Home Owners Abandoned 190 Bodies, Spent Money on Cars and Crypto

The married owners of a Colorado funeral home are facing 260 criminal charges after being accused of abandoning nearly 200 decaying bodies and spending their customers’ money on lavish vehicles and cryptocurrency.

Olivia Rondeau

9 Feb 2024, 12:00 PM PST

FILE - This combination of booking photos provided by the Muskogee County, Okla., Sheriff'

Colorado Funeral Home Director Receives 20 Years in Prison for Illegally Selling Body Parts

A Colorado funeral home director was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for illegally stealing and selling body parts without the consent of the families of the deceased, the Department of Justice stated in a press release.

Ethan Letkeman

5 Jan 2023, 1:59 AM PST

GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO - JANUARY 3: Megan Hess arrives to the Wayne Aspinall Courthouse

Funeral Director Gets 10 Years Probation for Taking Graphic Photos of Corpses

A judge sentenced a former Pennsylvania funeral director to ten years’ probation Wednesday for taking graphic photos of corpses being prepared for burial.

Katherine Rodriguez

4 Oct 2018, 4:26 PM PST

A corpse of a body donor in one room of the Institute of Anatomy at the University Hospita