Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes sentenced to 20 years in prison by federal court judge.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. --
U.S. authorities said that on dozens of occasions, Hess and her mother, Shirley Koch, who also pleaded guilty to mail fraud, transferred bodies or body parts to third parties for research without families’ knowledge. A grand jury indictment said that from 2010 through 2018, Hess and Koch offered to cremate bodies and provide the remains to families at a cost of $1,000 or more, but many of the cremations never occurred.
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