Former Lake County coroner Shannon Kent, who also owned a Leadville funeral home, was sentenced Thursday to 180 days in jail for an unlawful cremation involving the remains of a stillborn child.
Former Lake County coroner Shannon Kent, who also operated a Leadville funeral home, was sentenced Thursday to 180 days in jail for an unlawful cremation involving the remains of a stillborn child.
Kent, 47, was sentenced on two counts of unlawful acts — cremation, an unclassified misdemeanor, according to aOn Dec. 12 Kent pleaded guilty to the two counts, prosecutors said. The sentence for the two counts was ordered to run concurrently. In December of 2019 the parents of the stillborn contacted Kent, of the Bailey-Kent Funeral Home at that time, about cremation services, the news release said.began after the parents complained, telling investigators that the cremains were “suspicious,” according to the DA’s office. Furthermore, the parents had not received proper or timely paperwork, including a death certificate, from Kent.
The cremains the parents received were in excess of a five-pound infant and scientific results showed that “…the cremation remains contain a ‘minimum of 2 individuals, a perinatal infant, and a larger individual. In addition, small bits of non-skeletal material consistent with jewelry fasteners, and surgical material were found…’ ” according to the release.
After an investigation by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies , Kent surrendered his license to operate a funeral home or conduct funeral services effective Dec. 1, 2020., and he was sentenced to six months unsupervised probation. That charge stemmed from Kent sending his wife, Staci, to several death scenes in 2019 although she was not a deputy coroner at the time.
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