Colorado funeral home owner pleads guilty to corpse abuse and theft

Miles Harford, accused of leaving body in back of hearse and improperly keeping cremated remains, reaches plea deal

The Colorado funeral home owner accused of leaving a woman's corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 people pleaded guilty in court on Monday to one count of corpse abuse and one count of theft.

Miles Harford's guilty plea in Denver 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.