A former funeral home owner has been arrested after a corpse lay in a hearse for 2 years..

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On Thursday, Denver Police asked for help locating 33-year-old Miles Harford. He had been cooperating with the investigation, and last week police said he was not on the run. On Thursday, Denver Police issued a Crime Stoppers alert saying they needed help locating him. He's wanted on a warrant for abuse of a corpse, forgery and theft.

Friday morning, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office confirmed that he was in their custody. He was taken into custody by Englewood Police. Their agency said that around 5:30 p.m. Thursday officers responded to the 4800 block of South Fox Street for a report about an "intoxicated male." That person was identified as Harford. He was taken into custody on his Denver warrant and taken to the Arapahoe County Jail.

Harford operated Apollo Funeral and Cremation Services in Jefferson County from 2012 to September 2022. Last week, police issued a warrant for his arrest after investigators found the body of a woman who died in 2022 in a hearse at Harford's rented home after he was evicted.

Investigators also believe they've recovered the cremated remains of at least 30 people who died between 2012 and 2021. They said additional charges are possible.

"It appears Mr. Harford had accumulated significant debt with several metro area crematories," Denver Police Commander Matt Clark said last week. "As a result, these businesses would no longer work with Mr. Harford, and he was unable to complete the cremation that had been prearranged by the family of the woman."

According to Clark, Harford placed the woman's body in a hearse at the home he was renting in the 2500 block of South Quitman Street and covered her with blankets. He provided her family with the cremains of someone else, Clark said.

Her body remained there until it was discovered on Feb. 6 during an eviction process, police said Friday. On that day, the owners were removing belongings and found what appeared to be cremains in a crawl space.

While processing the scene, investigators from Denver Police and the medical examiner's office located the inoperable hearse that had been stored in the backyard. It was towed to the street, and they saw what appeared to be additional cremains. When they opened the vehicle to retrieve them, they found the woman's body.

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