Colette Bordelon is a reporter with Denver7.
PENROSE, Colo. — A family is fighting for Colorado funeral directors to be licensed amid an investigation into the alleged improper storage of 115 human bodies at a southern Colorado funeral home.
“When I found Return to Nature and called them, they had great reviews on Google, too. Everyone said they were great. They called me right back and were very kind," Swoveland recalled."I specifically asked them about if the cremation would be done in town. And they assured me that yes, while they didn't own their own crematorium, they had partnerships with people in town, and that it all would be handled locally. Came to find out later that wasn't true.
“It's really shocking that in my tenure as a legislator, which is almost six years, this is the third major case concerning funeral home directors either doing something that's immoral, unethical, illegal," said Soper. “This case illustrates, once again, why funeral directors need to be regulated in Colorado. We're the only state in the union in which funeral directors are not regulated.
A sunset review of funeral homes and crematories will be published this Friday according to Katie O'Donnell, director of communications and public engagement for DORA. The annual reviews"generally question the need for regulation to protect the public. If regulation is determined to be needed, the sunset review will look for the least restrictive level of regulation consistent with the public interest," O'Donnell said.
She hopes if anything happens as a result of the investigation in Penrose, it includes changes made to the qualifications to become a funeral director.
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