David Zalubowski/AP A sign covers the broken back window of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

In the past couple of years, Colorado has had two major funeral home scandals. In 2023, the operators of the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose, Colorado, pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges.

DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) - Friday marked a monumental day for families who have been victimized by funeral home tragedies in Colorado. Families stood shoulder to shoulder Friday alongside lawmakers ...

David Zalubowski/AP Authorities walk outside a closed funeral home where 115 bodies have been stored, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. Authorities are investigating the improper storage of ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — One of the owners of a southern Colorado funeral home where 190 bodies were found made a court appearance Wednesday via video in El Paso County, and the judge kept her ...

A Colorado funeral home owner accused of improperly storing cremated remains and keeping a dead woman's body in a hearse for over a year has pleaded guilty, prosecutors said. Miles Harford, the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In May 2024, Colorado enacted two laws that will tighten regulations on the funeral industry. The legislation comes in the wake of several incidents at funeral homes across the ...

Colorado citizen Samantha Naranjo highlights her mother Dorothy Tardif, who was involved in the recent Colorado funeral home scandals. AP Photo/David Zalubowski ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tanya D. Marsh, Wake Forest University (THE CONVERSATION) In May 2024, Colorado ...