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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A former funeral home owner accused of keeping a woman's corpse in the back of a hearse for two years and hoarding the cremated remains of 35 people has been arrested, authorities said.

Thursday night's arrest of Miles Harford, 33, comes in connection with the latest in a series of offenses by Colorado funeral home owners, including the discovery of nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a bug-infested funeral home facility last year. The finds have underscored the laxness of state funeral home regulations and have brought pressure on lawmakers to try to strengthen the laws.

A grisly scene of urns stashed around the Harford property, from a crawl space to inside the hearse where the 63-year-old woman's body lay, was uncovered in early February during a court-ordered eviction at Harford's home, police said.

While searching the property, police opened the door of the hearse to a “foul odor,” seeing the outline of the human body seemingly strapped to the gurney and covered by blankets, according to the arrest affidavit.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

The worst part is that stories about this sort of thing keep happening. Sometimes with a lot of corpses.

This is just from the past couple of years-

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-funeral-home-stacked-bodies-maggots-penrose-return-to-nature/

https://www.wave3.com/2022/07/02/31-decomposed-bodies-cremated-remains-discovered-during-clark-county-funeral-home-investigation/

And you can see that story over and over again stretching back years.

[-] mark3748@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

Your first link is the same case as the OP. It just keeps getting bigger and more complex.

[-] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Source? This article says the owners of the one in Penrose is a married couple, not this guy.

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