Former funeral home owner arrested after ‘hiding corpse in back of hearse for two years’

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former funeral home owner in the US accused of hiding a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for two years and hoarding the cremated remains of at least 30 people at his home has been arrested, local authorities said. The funeral home has been closed since September 2022. open image in gallery The property where a former funeral home owner kept a deceased women's body in a hearse for two years as well as the remains of 30 cremated people Urns stashed around the Harford property were uncovered in early February during a court-ordered eviction at his home, police said. open image in gallery Miles Harford, a former funeral home owner, was arrested on Thursday Denver Police Commander Matt Clark previously said, in an interview before an arrest warrant was issued, that Harford acknowledged to police that he owed money to several cemeteries in the area and that none would cremate the 63-year-old woman’s body, so he decided to store it in the hearse. Harford’s arrest follows the discovery of 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building run by the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado, about two hours south of Denver.