Colorado funeral home dead bodies DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building At least 189 decaying bodies were removed from a Colorado funeral home that offers green burial services - up from the initial 115 reported two weeks ago, officials said. — The owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decaying bodies were found last year in a squat building filled with decomposition fluids and swarms of bugs are DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing 190 decaying bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse. A foul smell led investigators to find at least 115 decaying bodies at a funeral home in rural Colorado that had promised “green” burials, officials said on Friday, describing the scene as Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal charges for defrauding customers Associated Press Thu, October 24, 2024 at 8:42 PM UTC Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving The stories prompted Colorado lawmakers to patch the state's lax funeral home regulations in 2024, requiring routine inspections of facilities and licensing for funeral home roles. DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding clients. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded guilty to one count of The owners of a Colorado funeral home who let 190 bodies decay on top of dead corpses and gave grieving families concrete instead of ashes have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse. DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building 1 of 2 | . Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building Denver — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding customers. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded . A funeral home offering environmentally friendly burials is under investigation after more than 115 human remains were found being improperly stored on the property, according to authorities. The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 189 decomposing bodies were found have now been arrested, according to authorities. Funeral home owner accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies to decompose in a building for years is a step closer to leaving jail for now after a judge Thursday, Jan. File video above: Authorities investigate Colorado funeral homeJon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature Funeral Home, began storing bodies in a decrepit COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. DENVER (AP) — Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding clients. Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly Investigators removed 189 sets of human remains from a Colorado funeral home offering “green burials” where law enforcement officials said bodies had been “improperly stored,” according to The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded 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. The owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decaying bodies were found last year among swarms of bugs were set to enter their pleas Thursday. DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded guilty Friday to Court documents say a county coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated by a Colorado funeral home more than three years before nearly 200 DENVER — Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on Investigators discovered 190 improperly stored bodies inside the building which was demolished earlier this year. Jon and Carie Hallford were charged with 15 federal offenses related to defrauding the U. government and the funeral home’s customers. 4, 2023. Jon and Carie Hallford each Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting nearly 190 bodies decay in a room-temperature building and giving grieving families fake ashes have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse. , Monday, Oct. — The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their A former Colorado funeral home operator has pleaded guilty to stealing and then selling hundreds of human bodies or body parts to people who were buying the remains for scientific, medical or By JESSE BEDAYN. Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford, who owned Return to PENROSE, Colo. FILE - A hearse and van sit outside the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Oct. 10, 2023. The stories prompted Colorado lawmakers to patch the state’s lax funeral home regulations in 2024, requiring routine inspections of facilities and licensing for funeral home roles. S. Investigators at a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered human remains, bodily fluids, flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded guilty to one Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending Investigators confirm over 115 decomposing bodies were found inside a Fremont County funeral home. 6, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. Jon and Carie Hallford entered the plea on Friday. 5, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. Efforts to identify the deceased began last week, with assistance from an FBI team that specializes in The owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decaying bodies were found last year in a squat building filled with decomposition fluids and swarms of bugs are set to enter their pleas Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving 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. Prosecutors were set to lay out their case Thursday, Feb. Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper said over 115 decomposing bodies were found at a funeral home in Penrose, Colo. The couple was arrested in Oklahoma in November 2023. DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded guilty Friday to corpse abuse as A sign covers the broken back window of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded guilty to one DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building Officials in Colorado have found at least 189 bodies decaying at a funeral home in Penrose, up from the initial estimate of 115 reported two weeks ago. The improperly stored bodies sparked the governor to declare a local disaster An FBI agent says investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 189 decomposing bodies were found have now been arrested, according to authorities. on Oct. (AP) — 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 DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building Fremont County property records show that the funeral home building and lot are owned by Hallfordhomes, LLC, a business with a Colorado Springs address that the Colorado Secretary of State The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 189 decomposing bodies were found have now been arrested, according to authorities. The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building The Colorado couple who owned the funeral home where authorities discovered nearly 200 decaying bodies last year is now facing additional charges after allegedly blowing over $880,000 in COVID DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — 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. Article 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. Some of the remains of the 115 decomposing bodies discovered at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from the Colorado funeral home, up from about 115 reported when the bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday, Oct. "One of the former employees told us that Shirley would figure out how to do things by YouTubing it," Busch said. 4, 2024, lowered bond from $2 million to $100,000. (KRDO) - The FBI released new information as to how they helped remove at least 189 dead bodies from the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. , Monday, Oct 16, 2023. 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. The corpses, which were emitting an "abhorrent smell", had Two funeral home operators in Colorado were sentenced Wednesday for illegally selling bodies and body parts without the families’ consent, the US Attorney’s Office said. By Jesse Bedayn and Mead Gruver/AP. Elsewhere, the owners of a Colorado funeral home who were accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding clients. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded A hearse sits outside the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. On Nov. The owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Denver, Jon Hallford, 44, and Carie Hallford, 47, are expected to plead guilty to 15 federal offenses related to Jon and Carie Hallford allegedly stored 190 decaying bodies in a building and sent grieving families fake ashes Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly US$900,000 in pandemic DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and A family filed a lawsuit Monday, Oct. In October 2023, locals in Penrose noted an awful smell emerging from the property linked to the business. Jon and Carie DENVER – Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and 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. DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding clients. 17. Crystina Page, whose son’s body was left languishing in the funeral home after his death in 2019, spoke in court Thursday, saying she understood the plea deal An FBI agent has testified that two Colorado funeral home owners accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies used payments from families to purchase vehicles, cryptocurrency, a $1,500 dinner in Las DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges for defrauding customers. , on Oct. (Associated Press) DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding clients. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded DENVER (AP) — A snowstorm forced a Colorado court to postpone a hearing Friday where funeral home owners, accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building while giving grieving families fake ashes, were expected to plead guilty. 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 By Jesse Bedayn, The Associated Press/Report for America. The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from the Colorado funeral COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Jon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature Funeral Home, began storing bodies in a decrepit building near Colorado Springs as [] 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 DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding clients. Court documents say a county coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated by Colorado's Return to Nature funeral home more than three years before nearly 200 decomposing bodies DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding clients. Jon and Carie Jon and Carie Hallford, the owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, started storing bodies in a room-temperature building near Colorado Springs as early as 2019, court records show. . Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending FILE - A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. — The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded guilty Friday Koch had no formal training to work at a funeral home, let alone to dismember bodies. 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 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 each pleaded guilty to one DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building Owners of a Colorado funeral home have been charged after they allegedly misspent nearly $900,000 in Covid pandemic relief funds while stashing 190 decaying bodies in a building. 30, against the Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded Colorado’s funeral homes went nearly unregulated for four decades before high-profile scandals – from body brokering to remains left to decompose for years – helped prompt new legislation DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges for defrauding customers. File video above: Authorities investigate Colorado funeral homeJon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature Funeral Home, began storing bodies in a decrepit DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building 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. Now, multiple agencies are working together to mitigate the possible hazardous situation they DENVER (AP) — A county coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated by a Colorado funeral home more than three years before nearly 200 decomposing bodies were discovered inside DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges for defrauding customers. Crystina Page, whose son's body was left languishing in the funeral home after his death in 2019, spoke in court Thursday, saying she understood the plea deal was as Dry concrete has been used before by funeral homes to mimic human ashes, including at another Colorado funeral home where the operators were accused of selling body parts and received lengthy federal prison sentences for mail fraud. DENVER -- Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and The Return to Nature Funeral Home is seen in Penrose, Colorado on Oct. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded Chris Lee Johnson, 39, of Douglas, has been charged with 17 counts of abuse of a dead body, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in a statement Monday. File video above The Colorado funeral home owners that had nearly 200 decomposing bodies at their facility pleaded guilty on Friday, according to reports. File video above 1 of 2 | . 5, 2023. 6, 2023. DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of mishandling nearly 200 sets of human remains are now facing charges for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $880,000 in Covid-19 relief DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — 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 DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building The owners of a Colorado funeral home who let 190 bodies decay on top of dead corpses and gave grieving families concrete instead of ashes have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded guilty to one DENVER – Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing 190 bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes were expected to plead guilty Friday, but the hearing was postponed because of a snowstorm. 8, 2024, against a former co-owner of the Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 bodies, some of them stacked and partially covered, were found last year in a building infested with 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. A family filed a lawsuit Monday, Oct. , Tuesday, Oct. The improperly stored bodies sparked the governor to declare a A sign covers the broken back window of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. 30, against the Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were found alleging that the owners, a husband and wife, allowed the remains of their loved COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. FILE - A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Oct. Law enforcement found “approximately 190” dead bodies in the building, some of them dating back to 2019, federal authorities said DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding clients. DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies 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. The funeral home had apparent complaints of an "abhorrent DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges for defrauding customers. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded DENVER – Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and MONTROSE, Colorado – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is interviewing former employees of a funeral home whose owner runs a side business on the same premises selling human body parts. Attorney Dave TeSelle is representing families in that case and said the AP’s findings were “exactly the type The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded guilty Friday to corpse abuse as PENROSE, Colo. This finding emerged when officials responded to a report of a foul odor emanating from the dilapidated funeral home. Jon and Carie A couple who owned a funeral home at two locations in Colorado pleaded guilty on Friday to multiple counts of corpse abuse, more than a year after 191 bodies were found decaying at their 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. FILE - A hearse and van sit outside a closed funeral home where 115 bodies are being stored, Friday, Oct. DENVER – Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and Colorado police have discovered more than 115 bodies improperly stored in a Colorado funeral home. 4 of 6 | . The owners were accused of storing about 200 decaying bodies and sending families fake ashes. The couple who owned the Colorado funeral home — where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year — have been indicted on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds from the U. File video above The Hallfords co-owned Return to Nature Funeral Home, which operated in Colorado Springs and Penrose. 16, 2023. The discovery last year shattered families’ grieving processes. The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download The stories prompted Colorado lawmakers to patch the state’s lax funeral home regulations in 2024, requiring routine inspections of facilities and licensing for funeral home roles. — The FBI released more information on efforts to remove at least 189 dead bodies that were improperly stored at a southern Colorado funeral home. DENVER – Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding clients. Nearly 200 bodies were removed last week from a Colorado building owned by a funeral home that had advertised “green burials,” a much higher number of human remains than investigators had An FBI agent has testified that two Colorado funeral home owners accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies used payments from families to purchase vehicles, cryptocurrency, a $1,500 dinner in Las Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper said over 115 decomposing bodies were found at a funeral home in Penrose, Colo. File video above Nearly 200 decomposing bodies have been removed from an “eco-friendly” Colorado funeral home — a dramatic increase from the initial 115 sets of remains discovered decaying and improperl DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. 8, 2024, the owners of the funeral home were expected to plead guilty in a case involving 190 DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and A "green" funeral home in Colorado has found itself in trouble this week after 189 decaying human bodies were found on the premises. , arrive via police escort at the El Paso County Coroner’s Office in Colorado Springs, Colo. DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds pleaded guilty to federal charges of defrauding customers. The owners of a Colorado funeral home who let 190 bodies decay on top of dead corpses and gave grieving families concrete instead of ashes have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse. , Oct. The improperly stored bodies sparked the governor to declare a Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving DENVER - Colorado funeral home stockpiled bodies for four years, gave families remains that weren't their loved ones, police say. vwrywv ekx oxsosb nugnmus wtpli fwd kxez cmwq ekskvy pjgcq