Is It Legal to Mummify Your Cult Leader?

Love may have won...just don't serve her meatballs.

CW: Depictions of animal abuse, alcohol abuse, and verbal abuse (footage via Love Has Won).

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Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
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**SELECTED SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING**

"Mummified remains of Love Has Won cult leader found in group’s Colorado home"
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/03...

"Alleged cult leader found mummified, decorated in Christmas lights, members charged"
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/a...

"“Love Has Won” Cult Leader Found Deceased Near Crestone, Members Arrested"
https://gurumag.com/love-has-won-cult...

"Meet The New Cult In Town: Love Has Won, Now Quarantining On Kauai"
https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/09/mee...

"Love Has Won protests continue into the weekend"
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/...

"KPD aware of Love Has Won group"
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/...

"‘She didn’t deserve to die the way she did,’ says family of cult leader found dead and mummified"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...

"Residents protest Love Has Won"
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/...

"Protesters Vandalize Kauai Home Rented By Religious Cult, Police Say"
https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/09/pro...

"Meet 'Mother God:' The Leader of Love Has Won | False Gods" -- VICE
   • Meet 'Mother God:' The Leader of Love Has ...  

"7 Arrested After Police Find Mummified Body in Colorado Home"
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us...

Love Has Won ascension video
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/new...

"Crestone End of Life Project"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/c...

"Gaia's Whole Healing Essentials Warned for Colloidal Silver Coronavirus Claims"
https://www.consumerlab.com/recalls/1...

"Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-13-101. Abuse of a corpse"
https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-18...

"Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-8-610.5. Tampering with a deceased human body"
https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-18...