Colorado Funeral Home Director Gets 40-Year Term in Corpse-Handling Scandal
TL;DR
The owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado Springs was sentenced to 40 years in state prison for abuse of a corpse, money laundering, theft and forgery in a case tied to nearly 200 decomposing bodies stored improperly and the delivery of fake ashes; his wife pleaded guilty in federal/state cases and faces decades. The 40-year sentence runs concurrently with his existing 20-year federal term as families described lasting trauma, while authorities noted hazardous conditions at the site during cleanup and the rise of green-burial practices in Colorado.
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- Colorado Funeral Home Director Is Sentenced to 40 Years in Corpse Abuse Case The New York Times
- Colorado funeral home director sentenced to 40 years for abusing corpses BBC
- 'Monster': Funeral home owner sentenced over 189 counts of corpse abuse Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 40 years for abusing 189 bodies The Guardian
- A man whose mother was found among 189 decaying bodies tells the story AP News
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