Former Colorado Funeral Home Owner Sentenced to 20 Years for Selling Body Parts

Former Colorado Funeral Home Owner Sentenced to 20 Years for Selling Body Parts
In this still taken from video, Megan Hess, owner of Donor Services, speaks during an interview in Montrose, Colo., on May 23, 2016. Mike Wood/Reuters
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A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission.

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 was the maximum allowed under law.