‘Piles of corpses, pools of body fluids and maggots’ found at funeral home

A hearse and van sit outside the Return to Nature Funeral Home in October (David Zalubowski/AP)

A funeral home with almost 200 abandoned corpses had piles of partially covered human remains, pools of body fluids several inches deep on the floor and flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent has said.

Prosecutors also revealed text messages sent between the Colorado funeral home’s owners showing they were under growing financial pressures and had fears they would be caught for mishandling bodies.