Colorado funeral home owner accused of stealing body parts pleads guilty

Megan Hess, 45, faces 20 years in prison after prosecutors said she hatched scheme to sell body parts without families' consent

A Colorado funeral home operator who was accused of selling and stealing body parts pleaded guilty to mail fraud on Tuesday, the US justice department said.

Megan Hess, 45, who operated the funeral home in Montrose with her mother, faces a 20-year prison sentence after the decision in US district court in Grand Junction, Colorado.