The corpse of Amy Carlson was found with glitter makeup around her eyes and decorated with Christmas lights.
The four men and three women, ranging in age from 30 to 52 years old, are each charged with one count of abusing of a corpse and two counts of misdemeanour child abuse. The bizarre tableau was discovered last week when a follower of the “Love Has Won” spiritual group told police that the members were keeping the corpse of the group’s leader, Amy Carlson, inside his house in Moffat, Colorado, about 180 miles southwest of Denver.Carlson, known to members as “Mother God”, was wrapped in a sleeping bag with glitter makeup around her eyes.“The mummified remains appeared to be set up in some type of shrine,” the affidavit said.An autopsy was pending.