This is a particularly gruesome way to bring home his work: An American funeral director is wanted after illegally preserved human remains were discovered in his home, Colorado police announced on Friday.
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Cleaners found the burned remains of dozens of people after Miles Harford was evicted from his home in Denver, the capital of the western US state, in early February.
When police arrived at the scene, they found a body containing the body of a 63-year-old woman who had died 18 months earlier, as well as more boxes of ashes.
The body had been stored in the car since his death in August 2022, according to the first elements of the investigation.
Miles Harford ran a funeral home in Denver, which closed in September 2022.
An arrest warrant has been issued for the 33-year-old man on suspicion of abuse of a corpse, forgery and theft, according to Denver police.
“Investigators have previously been in contact with Mr. Harford – who is believed to be in the Denver area – and are currently working to facilitate his arrest in connection with this arrest warrant,” law enforcement said in its press release.
This ominous news is not the first of its kind in Colorado.
Last year, nearly 200 decomposing bodies were discovered in an abandoned funeral home in Colorado Springs, after neighbors complained of a foul odor.
In 2018, the FBI also arrested the management of a funeral home that was selling body parts around the world and defrauding grieving families by giving them dried cement instead of cremated remains.
According to the Denver Post, Colorado is the only state in the United States where funeral directors do not need a license to practice. This sector suffers from poor regulation.
