US EditionColorado man who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, families call him a ‘monster’
Jon Hallford pleaded guilty to nearly 200 counts of corpse abuse and fraud, with investigators finding 189 bodies stored for years and fake ashes given to families.
- Jon Hallford, owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home, was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday in a Colorado Springs courtroom while wearing jail attire.
- Prosecutors say the Hallfords pleaded guilty to federal fraud after cheating the government out of nearly $900,000 in pandemic-era small business aid and spending on a GMC Yukon, Infiniti, and $31,000 in cryptocurrency.
- Investigators found remains in a Penrose, Colorado building after smell complaints; bodies were stored at room temperature, stacked with bugs and fluid, while families received fake ashes believed to be dry concrete.
- Relatives told the court of recurring nightmares and undone grieving, calling Jon Hallford `monster` and `vile` while urging a maximum 50-year sentence; the case spurred changes to Colorado funeral-home regulations.
- Her federal sentencing is set for March 16 following guilty pleas to federal fraud charges, and Carie Hallford, co-owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home, is due to be sentenced April 24, facing 25 to 35 years in prison.
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The co-owner of a funeral home in Colorado, where nearly 200 decomposing bodies were found, was found guilty of desecration of human remains, or indecent treatment of the deceased, and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
In the US state of Colorado, a co-owner of a funeral home was sentenced to 40 years in prison for storing nearly 200 decomposing bodies for several years, giving fake ashes to relatives of the deceased, and spending the money with his wife on luxury goods.
Funeral home owner gets 40 years in prison
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A judge sentenced a Colorado funeral home owner with Oklahoma ties to 40 years in state prison Friday for leaving nearly 200 bodies rotting in a building for years and giving families fake ashes.
Colorado funeral home director is sentenced to 40 years in corpse abuse case
The director of a Colorado funeral home was sentenced to 40 years in prison Friday as family members spoke in court of their anguish after detectives discovered nearly 200 decomposing bodies stored improperly and that fake ashes had been delivered to grieving loved ones.
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