Miles Harford, the former operator of Apollo Funeral and Cremation Services, is out of state prison and back in the Denver area on parole, roughly a year after he was locked up for abusing a corpse and related theft charges. His release has reopened painful questions for families who say they were given the wrong ashes or never received remains at all, and it is once again spotlighting how Colorado oversees funeral and cremation providers.
According to 9News, Harford was freed on parole this week after serving about a year of his 18‑month sentence. He is now under standard parole supervision for one year of post‑release oversight.
How Investigators Uncovered The Case
The case first broke open during a court‑ordered eviction at a southwest Denver rental in February 2024, when a property owner discovered dozens of urns hidden in a crawlspace. A deeper search turned up a woman’s body wrapped in blankets inside a broken‑down hearse on the property.
The Denver Medical Examiner later identified the woman as Christina Rosales, and authorities recovered roughly 30 sets of cremated remains from the site in the 2500 block of South Quitman Street, according to local reporting. Detectives traced the urns back to Apollo Funeral and Cremation Services and interviewed families who said they had paid for prepaid cremations and never received the proper remains…