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After 189 bodies found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes
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Death certificates and other evidence collected by The Associated Press suggests their loved ones weren’t cremated as claimed. They could instead be among the corpses authorities are trying to identify.
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Remains of at least 189 people removed from Colorado funeral home, up from 115, officials say | News Channel 3-12
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Nearly 200 bodies recovered from a Colorado funeral home accused of improper storage
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After 189 bodies found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes
The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from about 115 reported when the bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday.…
The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from about 115 reported when the bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday.…
Officials say the remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home. Authorities discovered the decaying bodies while responding to a foul odor at the site two weeks ago. The number announced Tuesday is up from about 115 initially reported.
"Without providing too much detail to avoid further victimizing these families, the area of the funeral home where the bodies were improperly stored was horrific."
Nearly 200 decomposing bodies have been removed from an “eco-friendly” Colorado funeral home — a dramatic increase from the initial 115 sets of remains discovered decaying and improperl…
The remains were found by authorities responding to a report of an "abhorrent smell" inside a decrepit building at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, south of Denver.
DENVER (AP) — The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 when the decaying and improperly stored bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday.
Authorities removed a pile of nearly 200 decomposed bodies from a Colorado funeral home -- a higher-than-estimated death toll which deepened the gruesome discovery made by deputies more than two weeks ago.
Investigators, who initially discovered the remains of 115 people at the funeral home, had been drawn by a foul odor. The authorities expect to begin notifying relatives within several days.
DENVER — The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 when the decaying and improperly stored bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday. The remains were found by authorities responding to a report
DENVER (AP) — The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from about 115 reported when the bodies
DENVER >> The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 when the decaying and improperly stored bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday.
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