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Megan Hess and her mother, Shirley Koch, were convicted of crimes involving stealing bodies and illegally selling them. Both were also convicted for agreeing to cremate families' loved one, and instead, illegally selling parts or the whole bodies for profit. In those instances, the women would still return cremains to families, even though they were not ashes of their loved one.
This case caused Colorado lawmakers to change state laws, requiring funeral home professionals to be licensed in Colorado. However, there have been fewer discussions about Sunset Mesa lately, as other Colorado funeral homes made national headlines.
Read more at: https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/fbi-agents-explain-investigation-colorado-sunset-mesa-funeral-home/73-71c340f3-5634-4503-994c-430b30cf507a
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