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Man whose mother was found among 189 decaying bodies tells the story

The Hallfords allegedly defrauded nearly $900,000 in pandemic aid and misled families with fake ashes while storing 189 bodies in poor conditions, officials said.

  • Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado improperly stored 189 decaying bodies and handed out fake ashes to grieving families.
  • Derrick Johnson's mother, Ellen Marie Shriver-Lopes, was one of the victims whose body was left to decay, and Johnson unknowingly spread fake ashes in her honor.
  • Jon Hallford faces 30 to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty, while Carie Hallford will be sentenced in April for their roles in the incident.
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Takeaways from AP's report on a woman whose body was among 189 left to decay in a funeral home

Derrick Johnson buried his mother’s ashes in 2023 alongside his home on Maui, fulfilling her wish of a final resting place overlooking her grandchildren. The FBI called Johnson a year later. They said his mother’s remains weren’t in the ashes…

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A Colorado funeral home stashed 189 decaying bodies and handed out fake ashes. His mother was among them.

Hundreds of families who used Colorado's Return to Nature funeral home learned from officials that the ashes they ceremonially spread or kept close weren’t actually their loved ones’ remains.

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A funeral home stashed 189 decaying bodies and handed out fake ashes. His mother was among them

Derrick Johnson buried his mother’s ashes in 2023 alongside his home on Maui, fulfilling her wish of a final resting place overlooking her grandchildren.

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
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