Former Colorado funeral home owner gets 30-year prison sentence in state court

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Former Colorado funeral home owner gets 30-year prison sentence in state court

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A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case that forced the state to clamp down on an industry plagued by. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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Former Colorado funeral home owner gets 30-year prison sentence in state court
PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour
Lean Left
4/24/2026

Former Colorado funeral home owner gets 30-year prison sentence in state court

Colleen Slevin, Associated Press Colleen Slevin, Associated Press Matthew Brown, Associated Press Matthew Brown, Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case that.

Corpse abuse cases force changes on Colorado's scandal-plagued funeral industry
Washington Times4/24/2026

Corpse abuse cases force changes on Colorado's scandal-plagued funeral industry

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A former funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies faces sentencing Friday for corpse abuse in a case that prompted Colorado officials to clamp down on an industry plagued by repeated scandal and notoriously lax oversight. A plea agreement calls for Carie.