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Mother-daughter villains BUSTED SELLING BODY PARTS OUT OF LOCAL FUNERAL HOME

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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News, True Crime

4.2 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Mother and daughter funeral home operators have been charged with using the business to sell human remains without the consent of families. Police say Megan Hess, 43, and Shirley Koch, 66, owned Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose, Colorado. The indictment states that human remains were harvested and sold for scientific, medical or educational purposes, without permission from families. Some have reported receiving crushed concrete instead of their loved one's ashes. With Nancy Grace today to talk about this and other funeral home crimes:Wendy Wiener - Attorney specializing in Funeral Home LawCloyd Steiger - 36 years Seattle Police Department, 22 years Homicide detective, Author of "Seattle's Forgotten Serial Killer-Gary Gene Grant" www.cloydsteiger.com Karen Smith - Los Angeles, Ca Forensics Expert, Host of "Shattered Souls" podcast.Dr. Kendall Crowns - Deputy Medical Examiner Travis County, Texas (Austin)Caryn Stark - NYC Psychologist Nicole Partin - Licensed Funeral Director, CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter

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1:34.9

When most people think of their mom, they think of all the love and care their mom gave them while

1:46.8

they were growing up. We think about Mother's Day, Valentine's Day Christmas, special things we

1:53.2

can do with their moms, all those wonderful homemade meals, all the love. You don't usually put

2:00.8

mother and daughter in the same sentence as selling body parts. That's right. I'm Nancy Grace.

2:09.6

This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.

2:19.3

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

2:22.0

How do the words Mother daughter duo fit in the same sentence with selling body parts? Let that

2:36.8

soak in just for a moment. Why with the words Mother daughter duo end up in the same sentence as

2:43.8

selling body parts? I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for joining us here on Fox

2:50.4

Nation and serious XM 111. A mother daughter duo connected to selling body parts. How does that

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