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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Funeral home owner learns fate after abusing nearly 200 corpses, bilking service funds
A Colorado funeral home owner who left nearly 200 bodies to rot and duped the grieving families with fake ashes while pocketing the funeral service money for personal shopping sprees barely dodged the maximum prison sentence Friday.
US ‘monster’ who gave grieving families fake ashes jailed for 40 years
A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison on Friday. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares about decomposing flesh and maggots since learning what happened to their loved ones. They called defendant Jon Hallford a “monster” and “vile” and had urged …
Colorado funeral home owner who pleaded guilty to corpse abuse sentenced to 40 years in prison on state charges
Jon Hallford, a funeral home owner who stashed decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on state charges of corpse abuse.
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