Colorado Judge Rejects Plea Deal in Corpse Abuse Case

The judge rejected a 20-year sentence that would have been combined with a federal case. Prosecutors said that Jon Hallford, 45, and his wife cheated grieving families while living a lavish lifestyle.

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Owner of Funeral Home With Nearly 200 Decaying Bodies Admits to Fraud

Prosecutors say the couple who ran the funeral home cheated customers of cremation services and spent the money on vacations and jewelry.

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Ex-Harvard Medical School Morgue Chief to Plead Guilty in Sale of Body Parts

Cedric Lodge stole organs from cadavers that had been donated for medical research, prosecutors said. The university fired him in 2023.

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The Funeral Home to the Stars Gets Spruced Up

Frank E. Campbell, which has handled the funerals of celebrities like Judy Garland and Ivana Trump, has undergone a renovation.

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New York Subway Burning Highlights Difficulty of Identifying Homeless Victims

It can be challenging to identify the bodies of people who were homeless when they died. For a woman killed Sunday on an F train, the circumstances of her death could make it even harder.

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A Ghastly Search for Loved Ones Who Disappeared in Syria

Syrians raced to newly emptied prisons to reunite with loved ones snatched away by the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad, but their quest sometimes took them to the morgue.

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