Colorado ex-funeral directors jailed for selling body parts
A mother and her daughter dismembered hundreds of corpses, prosecutors in Colorado say.
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A mother and her daughter dismembered hundreds of corpses, prosecutors in Colorado say.
A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission.
A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission.
Megan Hess pleaded guilty to fraud after she was found to have dismembered cadavers and sold their parts without families' permission.
Megan Hess' attorney said Hess was motivated by a desire to advance medical research. A U.S. attorney scoffed at the argument.