The former Lake County coroner and his wife were found not guilty of tampering with a deceased human body and abuse of a corpse.
A jury came back with the not-guilty verdict against Shannon and Staci Kent yesterday.
The Kents were arrested on February 18, 2021, in Leadville after authorities found remains in a coffin at their Silverthorne funeral home. The found remains were of a 42-year-old truck driver from California who died in a car accident in Park County in 2020.
Shannon Kent was convicted last year of second-degree official misconduct for sending his wife to several death scenes, although she was not a deputy coroner at the time. He was sentenced to six months of probation.
Shannon Kent resigned from his position as the Lake County coroner in April of last year.
