An unidentified corpse found inside a Breckenridge funeral home prompt Summit County authorities to file felony charges against both Shannon Kent and his wife Staci.
, a prosecutor saw a jury candidate reading that newspaper’s front-page coverage of the trial despite a court order to refrain from consuming media coverage of the case. Already short on qualified and unbiased jurors, the judge in the case declared a mistrial.
The Summit County case is now moving to Clear Creek County. Jury selection is slated to begin at the end of May.Meantime, Shannon Kent returns to Leadville for a Lake County jury trial on abuse of corpse charges. Both Kents resolved the other Lake County cases last fall. Shannon Kent was acquitted of perjury in September but found guilty of misconduct. He was sentenced to six months probation. Staci Kent reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to misconduct in October. She received the same probation sentence as her husband.Monday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law House Bill 22-1073.
“I wish we did not have to pass bills like this but I am thankful we got this done and passed in a bipartisan way,” Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Avon, one of the bill sponsors. “The horrendous incidents in Gypsum, Leadville, Montrose and elsewhere made this necessary. This law will make it easier for state agencies to identify negligence in funeral homes and crematories so no more families in Colorado will have to endure the heartbreak caused by the Kent Funeral Homes and others in our state.
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