Tag: Megan Hass

A Colorado funeral home owner has been accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes. Megan Hess, 45, pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court, and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years. According to the Daily Sentinel, Hess and her mother, Shirley Koch, operated the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home as well as Donor Services in Montrose. U.S. authorities said that the women transferred bodies and body parts to third parties for research without telling the families of the deceased.