GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Megan Hess and Shirley Koch slowly put out their arms, the soft clink of metal handcuffs audible in the federal courtroom as U.S. marshals took the mother and daughter into custody.
Megan Hess, left, arrives to the Wayne Aspinall Courthouse with her attorney for the sentencing hearing for her and her mother, Shirley Koch, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Shirley Koch, right, looks down as she arrives to the Wayne Aspinall Courthouse with her attorneys for the sentencing hearing for her and her daughter Megan Hess on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 in Grand Junction, Colorado.
“This case falls outside the heartland of any other cases in the United States,” the judge said, calling it the most emotionally draining case she’s handled during her time on the bench.
Selling body parts! Who do they think they are, Planned Parenthood?