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Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting 190 bodies decay plead guilty to corpse abuse

The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home pleaded guilty to corpse abuse for letting nearly 190 bodies decay and providing fake ashes to families.
Jon and Carie Hallford each admitted to 191 counts of corpse abuse and fraud involving customers' money.
The Hallfords misused nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds for luxury items instead of proper funeral services.

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Colorado funeral home owners plead guilty to corpse abuse

A married couple who ran a Colorado funeral home have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse for storing nearly 200 decomposing bodies inside their facility.

4 months ago·Washington, United States

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Yeshiva World News

Colorado Funeral Home Owners Who Let Nearly 190 Bodies Decay Plead Guilty to Corpse Abuse

The owners of a Colorado funeral home who let nearly 190 bodies decay in a room-temperature building and gave grieving families fake ashes pleaded guilty on Friday to corpse abuse. Jon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature Funeral Home, began storing bodies in a decrepit building near Colorado Springs as far back as 2019 and gave families dry concrete in place of cremated remains, according to the charges. The grim discovery last year…

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Staten Island Advance

Rotting bodies, fake ashes: Colorado funeral home owners plead guilty to corpse abuse

Over the years, the funeral home owners spent extravagantly, prosecutors say. They used customers’ money and nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds to buy laser body sculpting, fancy cars, and trips to Las Vegas and Florida.

4 months ago·Richmond County, United States

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Owners of Colorado funeral homes admit to abusing nearly 200 corpses - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

A couple who owned a funeral home at two locations in Colorado pleaded guilty Friday to multiple counts of corpse abuse, more than a year after 191 bodies were found decaying at their businesses in a horrific scene, authorities said.

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valeursactuelles.com

A couple kept nearly 200 decomposing bodies at home

More than a hundred bodies left without burial or cremation have been discovered at the home of a Colorado couple who own a funeral business. Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded guilty to body abuse, ABC News reported on November 22. In October 2023, residents of Penrose, Colorado, alerted authorities to a persistent foul odor. Investigations lead the police to the Hallfords property, where the macabre scent emanates. On the spot, the police discover…

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