Former Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 20 yrs for selling body parts

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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.

In their filing, prosecutors stressed the "macabre nature" of Hess' scheme and described it as one of the most significant body parts cases in recent U.S. history.

"It's concerning to the court that defendant Hess refuses to assume any responsibility for her conduct."Hess' lawyer said she has been unfairly vilified as a "witch," a "monster" and a "ghoul," when instead she is a "broken human being" whose conduct can be attributed to a traumatic brain injury at age 18. In court on Tuesday, Hess declined to speak to the judge.

Tina Shanon, whose mother was dismembered against her will, told the court, "I've worn many masks to cover the pain. I'll never be OK." Hess committed crimes, prosecutors said, when she defrauded relatives of the deceased by lying about cremations and by dissecting bodies and selling them without permission. The surgical-training companies and other firms which bought the arms, legs, heads and torsos from Hess did not know they had been fraudulently obtained, prosecutors said.

 

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Life. Death. Destiny. (Interpreted by a Colorado entrepreneur).

ProfDavidWilson

Her defense? This was the only way she could stand out from the rest of the rip off artists and money grabbers in the funeral business.

What is this planned parenthood

Picture makes her arm look strangely long even though not in the frame, how did she use corpse pieces dealing proceeds

WTF

Is that a thing? If so I'll have one larger cock please.

Who was buying them ?

Geezuz.

I wonder where she got that hair .. did Phyllis Diller die recently ? 🤔

This is not humerus

Check her hair.

What a shame. Everything I ordered from her was delicious.

Looks like she took that hair off of a cadaver.

looks like somebody who would sell body parts of dead people

F**k

Arnie..?🤔

Wow. Some people get less for murder. Many get less for child rape

She was dead wrong. Crazy.

Democrat

Well we knownone of that money went to her hair stylist.

Interesting this goes on in the US. I see a lot of CIA propaganda bot activity on Twitter claiming China murders people for body parts.

😳😳😳

This is sick beyond any imaginations

As someone with Criminal Justice degree, Megan and her mom should get commutations as 15-20 is excessive when any of 560 might be murder victims with killers getting lesser time. No bones about it, they made a skeleton of more money and got caught ribbing off their clients.🔪💀💰

You cannot be more evil than that!

From the Article! ☝🏿🧐🇺🇸 Koch's central role was chopping up the bodies, court records show.

Is that Beverly Goldberg?

Damn.

and Donald Trump is still free? He caused the death of thousands of LIVE Americans!

Ni ilu oyinbo na

Looks like a Trumper

Wow, entrepreneurial businesses have gone a bit far!

For food?

Ew.

😱

Soooo…. She went out on a limb?

No 😢

😱😱😱

For hairspray

Dear God in heaven. They extracted gold teeth and used the $ to go to Disneyland, stole logos to make organs look legit donated, mixed human remains cause it was too hard to separate, and claimed they were trying to help people.

Wonder how she explains write offs as losses?

He seems nice 😳

She trying to get a little bit of that planned parenthood action.

Oooh Lord,hav mercy

Is she from Boebert's district?

The next episode of LastWeekTonight

Karen looks stunned that her actions have consequences

I’m not giving the foot back, so don’t even ask.

Don't auto repair places do this everyday? -- Roseanna Roseannadanna

🤢

Absolutely no cash refunds. Exchanges OK.

What on earth is wrong with these people. When they’re not drugging people they selling their body parts-:)

Can I say wtf on Twitter ?

Surprising

mou7h8reather she going full bird

Selling them to whom?

I guess if u like Planned parenthood and sell “freshly aborted” baby parts u all good 😖

'Two weeks...two weeks...two weeks.'

Every US Hospital

Wtf am I reading? Jesus.

Buy 3 - Get 1 Free!

wtf did i just read

She wants to speak to the manager

Planned Parenthood does this too you know.

Free this woman!

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