Authorities are investigating the Return to Nature Funeral Home outside Colorado Springs, which performs burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets, for improper handling of remains.
By Jesse Bedayn, Associated PressA hearse and van sit outside a closed funeral home where 115 bodies are being stored, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. Authorities are investigating the improper storage of human remains at the southern Colorado funeral home that performs"green" burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets.
The Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado, performed “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets. Authorities said Friday at the press conference they believe there is currently no health risk to the public. They declined to describe in detail the scene inside the 2,500-square-foot facility next door to the town’s post office, the size of an average U.S. home.
Under Colorado law, green burials are legal but state code requires that any body not buried within 24 hours must be properly refrigerated. The building has been occupied by different businesses over the years, said Pavetti, who once took yoga classes there. She hasn’t seen anyone in the area recently and noticed the hearse behind the building only in recent months, she said.
“I mean, there’s obviously questions after hearing that there is something going on but there’s not any information that I can go off of to really make any kind of judgement on it,” said Paul Saito Kahler, of Fountain, Colorado.
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