Is Mummifying a Cult Leader Legal? 🤔

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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***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/love-has-won-cult-leader-dead/

"Alleged cult leader found mummified, decorated in Christmas lights, members charged"
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/alleged-cult-leader-found-mummified-decorated-christmas-lights-members-charged/SB2WRU5WAREEXCVOQNF7QMNANU/

"“Love Has Won” Cult Leader Found Deceased Near Crestone, Members Arrested"
https://gurumag.com/love-has-won-cult-leader-found-deceased-near-crestone-members-arrested/

"Meet The New Cult In Town: Love Has Won, Now Quarantining On Kauai"
https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/09/meet-the-new-cult-in-town-love-has-won-now-quarantining-on-kauai/

"Love Has Won protests continue into the weekend"
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/09/06/hawaii-news/love-has-won-protests-continue-into-the-weekend/

"KPD aware of Love Has Won group"
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/09/04/hawaii-news/kpd-aware-of-love-has-won-group/

"‘She didn’t deserve to die the way she did,’ says family of cult leader found dead and mummified"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/05/love-has-won-cult-leader-dead/

"Residents protest Love Has Won"
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/09/04/hawaii-news/residents-protest-love-has-won/

"Protesters Vandalize Kauai Home Rented By Religious Cult, Police Say"
https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/09/protesters-vandalize-kauai-home-rented-by-religious-cult-police-say/

"Meet 'Mother God:' The Leader of Love Has Won | False Gods" -- VICE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRxD3eH19hE&t=535s

"7 Arrested After Police Find Mummified Body in Colorado Home"
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/colorado-amy-carlson-love-has-won.html

Love Has Won ascension video
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-2412046/Video-Follower-Love-Won-cult-says-Amy-Carlson-ascended.html

"Crestone End of Life Project"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/crestone-end-of-life-project

"Gaia's Whole Healing Essentials Warned for Colloidal Silver Coronavirus Claims"
https://www.consumerlab.com/recalls/14353/gaias-whole-healing-essentials-warned-for-colloidal-silver-coronavirus-claims/

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

"Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-8-610.5. Tampering with a deceased human body"
https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-18-criminal-code/co-rev-st-sect-18-8-610-5.html