A Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday by a federal court judge. Megan Hess received the ...

Megan Hess, left, arrives to the Wayne Aspinall Courthouse ... He spearheaded the legislation aimed at closing loopholes in Colorado’s funeral home oversight statutes. “My faith in our ...

As Megan Hess and Shirley Koch held out their arms ... to sell body parts without the consent of grieving families on Colorado’s Western Slope. Hess’ mother, Koch, 69, received a 15-year ...

Megan Hess will again appeal the length of her mail fraud sentence, per U.S. District Court records, and as her attorney had ...

Megan Hess, 45, admitted Tuesday to one count of mail fraud and aiding and abetting, according to a news release from the US Department of Justice for Colorado. Hess had devised and executed the ...

In 2023, a federal judge sentenced Megan Hess and her mother, Shirley Koch, to 20 and 15 years in prison, respectively, after they pleaded guilty to federal charges. The duo were convicted in a ...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado confirmed in a statement Tuesday that Megan Hess, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and aiding and abetting. The charges come ...

Megan Hess, who operated a funeral home called Sunset ... before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gordon Gallagher in Grand Junction, Colorado. Gallagher scheduled Hess, who had previously pleaded not ...

The same judge, Christine M. Arguello, on Monday stuck with her original sentences, giving Megan Hess 20 years and Shirley Koch 15 years, following a lengthy resentencing hearing.

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Megan Hess, 46, was sentenced on Tuesday for ...

Megan Hess, 46, pleaded guilty to fraud in July. She operated a funeral home, Sunset Mesa, and a body parts entity, Donor Services, from the same building in Montrose, Colorado. The 20-year term ...