US funeral director sentenced to 20 years for selling body parts

A former owner of a funeral home in the US state of Colorado has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for defrauding relatives of the deceased. Megan Hess, 46, had 560 corpses dissected and sold the body parts without the consent of the next of kin. Her 69-year-old mother, who was responsible for dismembering the bodies, was sentenced to 15 years.

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