Judy Cressler could tell something was wrong. The owner of Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose gave the Cressler family a box she said contained her dad's ashes — but Cressler felt like something was ...

GRAND JUNCTION — Megan Hess and Shirley Koch slowly put out their arms, the soft clink of metal handcuffs audible in the federal courtroom as U.S. marshals took the mother and daughter into custody.

There were no changes in prison time for convicted Montrose funeral directors Megan Hess and Shirley Koch after they were resentenced. The daughter and mother received their original sentences of 20 ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit vacated the sentences of two Western Slope women convicted of selling hundreds of body parts without the permission of grieving families. A three-judge ...

Harold Cressler was a kind man who always offered a helping hand to those who needed it. He served in the Army during the Korean War. Later in life, after he developed lung cancer, he decided he ...

MONTROSE, Colo. — The Sunset Mesa Funeral Home case was always going to be different for the FBI agents who were involved in the investigation. This case caused Colorado lawmakers to change state laws ...

A court has vacated the sentences of the Sunset Mesa Funeral Home directors in Montrose who illegally sold body parts. According to a ruling Tuesday from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, the ...

Megan Hess and Shirley Koch slowly put out their arms, the soft clink of metal handcuffs audible in the federal courtroom as U.S. marshals took the mother and daughter into custody. And with that ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Nine-year-old Lyric Jones and her mother Teran Christian stand outside Wayne Aspinall Courthouse ...