More cremated remains withheld from families found at funeral home owner’s house, prosecutors say

By JESSE BEDAYN
Associated Press/Report for America

DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors said more cremated remains were found at the home of a Colorado funeral home owner, where a rotting corpse and 35 other cremated remains were discovered last month. Owner Miles Harford appeared in court Friday, where he was read the charges of forgery, abuse of a corpse and theft. Prosecutors at the hearing said many more charges, similar to the current counts, may be coming after the latest discovery of additional ashes. Harford’s case is the latest in a series of funeral home cases over the last decade in Colorado, including a business illegally selling body parts and another leaving nearly 200 bodies to rot and allegedly sending families fake ashes.