Check out exclusive reviews that have never been published elsewhere on the Sunset Mesa Home Funeral case. Find out more about how the court ruled. Real crime documentaries about the cannibals were popular a few months ago. A forgotten crime was reported in 2016 and 2018, which brought the case to national attention when the Grand Junction District Judge, Colorado announced the judgment. People from the United States, and the United Kingdom, are looking online for more information. What was this case about? Let’s look at the Sunset Mesa Home Funeral scam.
Who were the defendants?
The lawsuit is in the case 20-CR-00098. Megan Hess, 46, the former director Sunset Mesa Funeral Home and Shirley Koch (69), were the principal accused.
The victims
Megan and Koch sold more than 560 bodies. All 560 corpses were included in the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home’s list of people who were cremated.
When was illegal trading exposed.
String operations that expose human body parts were on the increase in 2016 and 2018.. Megan Hess Sunset Mesa Mortuary Home used to offer families free cremation if the deceased were willing to donate any body parts. Megan used charge $1,000.00 to dispose of body parts from the corpse. The sale of human organs (including heart, kidneys, livers and eyes) that can be donated is illegal in the USA. US law does not allow the sale of human body components such as heads, hands, legs, etc. Megan Koch and her husband, Koch, at Sunset Mesa Home Funeral, used to disassemble the corpse and sell it illegally. Megan would later deliver the fake ashes to the loved ones. This scam was exposed from 2016 to 2018, and included coverage of illegal activity in other funeral homes.
Conclusion:
Megan was sentenced for 20 years federal prison, while Koch was sentenced for 15 years. The prosecution attempted to get a harsher sentence as victims’ families claimed that 20 years in prison was too little. The defence lawyer tried for a future date, stating that one his lawyers was present.