Denver funeral director faces charges after remains of 30 bodies found in home

Feb. 17 (UPI) — A woman’s corpse along with cremated remains of at least 30 other people were found in the Denver home of a former funeral director, authorities have confirmed.

Miles Harford is facing multiple charges in a case that remains ongoing, Denver Police Commander Matt Clark told reporters during a briefing on Friday.

Investigators believe Harford may have also given the wrong remains to several families while he was serving as director of the now-closed Apollo Funeral and Cremation Services in Littleton, Colo. Harford was also the owner of the business.

The woman’s body found at Halford’s residence was located inside a hearse. Her family had previously been told her remains were returned to them.

The medical examiner’s office later confirmed the body belonged to a 63-year-old woman who died in August 2022.

“They’re shocked,” Clark told reporters.

“They believed that they were processing their grief with the remains that they had and had had services with that. And then they come to find out that that was not the person that was processed, and in fact, she was being held in that hearse there,” the chief said.

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