The owners of the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose admitted stealing and selling hundreds of bodies and giving families the wrong remains.
DENVER — The lawyer for a former Montrose funeral home owner argued Megan Hess' sentence should be reconsidered during a hearing Thursday morning before the United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit in Denver.in Colorado. Lawmakers are currently considering legislation to require professionals in Colorado to be licensed.
The United States Department of Justice argued those goods and services had no value to the victims, and that the fraud cannot be separated from the goods. According to Koch's plea agreement, from 2010 through 2018, she was also involved in meeting with families seeking cremation services for their loved ones.
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