US: Former Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 20 years for selling body parts
At her funeral home, Hess charged families up to $1,000 for cremations that never occurred
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At her funeral home, Hess charged families up to $1,000 for cremations that never occurred
Megan Hess, the former operator of a Montrose funeral home convicted of selling body parts without family consent, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday.
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.