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Miles Harford, 34, pleaded guilty in April to one felony count
of abuse of a corpse and one misdemeanor count of theft. He
faced other counts, including forgery and theft, that were
dismissed as part of his plea agreement.
His 18-month sentence is the maximum sentence under Colorado law
for the charges.
“Nothing will ever undo the terrible pain that Miles Harford
caused so many families, but it is our hope that this sentence
will provide the family and friends of the deceased with some
measure of justice," Denver District Attorney John Walsh said in
a statement Monday. "Harford systematically and shockingly
violated his professional and moral obligations, and, for that,
he is now being held accountable.”
Harford was arrested last year after the body of a woman named
Christina Rosales, who died of Alzheimer’s at age 63, was found
in the back of his hearse, covered in blankets. Her remains had
been there for about 18 months. Authorities said he had provided
the Rosales family with the cremated remains of a different
person that he misrepresented as Rosales.
Police also found the cremated remains of other people stashed
in boxes throughout Harford’s rental property, including in the
crawlspace.
Prosecutors said he treated the bodies and remains “in a way
that would outrage normal family sensibilities.”
Harford’s sentencing follows years of other gruesome funeral
home cases in Colorado, including one where the owners were
accused of storing nearly 200 bodies in a decrepit building and
giving families fake cremated remains.
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