Ex-funeral home owner facing decades in prison over fake ashes, corpse abuse begs for leniency: ‘Scared and desperate’

DENVER — A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building is asking for leniency when she is sentenced Monday, saying she was a “scared and desperate mother” who was manipulated to keep the family business operating.

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