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'Abhorrent smell' led to discovery of 115 improperly stored bodies at Colorado Democrat funeral home, document says
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Nov 19, 2023, 8:05:04 PM11/19/23
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DENVER — The Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) has suspended
the business license for a Colorado Springs funeral home after more
than 115 improperly stored bodies were found at another funeral home
that belongs to the same owner.
According to an order of summary suspension dated Thursday, there
was a report of "an abhorrent smell" coming from the Return to
Nature Funeral Home at 31 Werner Road in Penrose on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the program director of the Office of Funeral Home and
Crematory Registration spoke on the phone with the owner, according
to the document. It says he acknowledged that he had a "problem" at
the Penrose property and claimed that he practiced taxidermy there,
and he agreed to meet there later in the day to facilitate an
inspection.
That same day, the document says, law enforcement executed a search
warrant at the Penrose property and determined that human remains
were improperly stored inside. It also says the owner had tried to
conceal the improper storage.
The order says the registration to practice as a funeral home at the
Colorado Springs location at 815 E. Platte Ave. is summarily
suspended, pending proceedings to determine whether the owner's
registration to practice should be further disciplined.
DORA issued a cease and desist order for the Penrose property on
Thursday, due to evidence that it had acted without the required
registration to practice and operate as a funeral home. Its license
expired in November 2022.
The Fremont County Sheriff's Office said Friday that Return to
Nature in Penrose was under investigation for the improper storage
of more than 115 human bodies.
Officials would not go into details on how the bodies were
improperly stored, saying that was part of the investigation.
No arrests have been made, and any potential charges will be
determined after the investigation is completed, according to the
sheriff's office.
Return to Nature has not responded to requests for comment.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/colorado-funeral-home-
license-suspended-bodies-found-investigation/73-3fccd6c3-b861-4126-
89a8-8074d780e079
the business license for a Colorado Springs funeral home after more
than 115 improperly stored bodies were found at another funeral home
that belongs to the same owner.
According to an order of summary suspension dated Thursday, there
was a report of "an abhorrent smell" coming from the Return to
Nature Funeral Home at 31 Werner Road in Penrose on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the program director of the Office of Funeral Home and
Crematory Registration spoke on the phone with the owner, according
to the document. It says he acknowledged that he had a "problem" at
the Penrose property and claimed that he practiced taxidermy there,
and he agreed to meet there later in the day to facilitate an
inspection.
That same day, the document says, law enforcement executed a search
warrant at the Penrose property and determined that human remains
were improperly stored inside. It also says the owner had tried to
conceal the improper storage.
The order says the registration to practice as a funeral home at the
Colorado Springs location at 815 E. Platte Ave. is summarily
suspended, pending proceedings to determine whether the owner's
registration to practice should be further disciplined.
DORA issued a cease and desist order for the Penrose property on
Thursday, due to evidence that it had acted without the required
registration to practice and operate as a funeral home. Its license
expired in November 2022.
The Fremont County Sheriff's Office said Friday that Return to
Nature in Penrose was under investigation for the improper storage
of more than 115 human bodies.
Officials would not go into details on how the bodies were
improperly stored, saying that was part of the investigation.
No arrests have been made, and any potential charges will be
determined after the investigation is completed, according to the
sheriff's office.
Return to Nature has not responded to requests for comment.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/colorado-funeral-home-
license-suspended-bodies-found-investigation/73-3fccd6c3-b861-4126-
89a8-8074d780e079
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