On the heels of two egregious cases of funeral home owners allegedly mishandling bodies and cremated remains, Colorado lawmakers aimed Wednesday at trying to shore up the state’s lax regulations that failed to prevent the horrific incidents. A bipartisan House committee unanimously voted in a hearing to introduce a bill that would bring Colorado’s regulations more in line with nearly all other states by requiring routine inspections of funeral homes, including after a home’s registration has exp
Officials in Colorado have found at least 189 bodies decaying at a funeral home in Penrose, up from the initial estimate of 115. The bodies were found after authorities responded to reports of a foul odour at the Return to Nature Funeral Home. Efforts to identify the remains are underway with the help of an FBI team. The discovery came after the funeral home s owners missed tax payments and were evicted from one of their properties.