Funeral Home
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10th Circuit finds trial judge erred in sentencing duo who fraudulently sold body parts
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A trial judge incorrectly calculated the sentences of a mother and daughter who pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining and selling body parts as part of an eight-year scheme, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday. Megan Hess operated Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose, catering to customers seeking cremation as well as medical-research…
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Return to Nature purgatory: At least 989 families remain without answers
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In the days after her 33-year-old son, Zach, died in July, 2020, Heather DeWolf started taking a new route to and from work so she could slow-roll by the Colorado Springs funeral home that was handling his final arrangements. She knew the oldest of her three boys, an aspiring author and stand-up comic who favored…