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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colleen Slevin

Ex-funeral home owner who left bodies to rot and gave families fake ashes asks for lighter sentence

A former funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building said she was a “scared and desperate mother" who was manipulated to keep the family business operating.

Carie Hallford, 48, faces up to 20 years in prison for taking over $130,000 from families for funeral services, including cremations, and often giving them urns full of concrete mix instead in Colorado.

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