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US funeral home owner who stashed 191 bodies sentenced to 20 years

This combination of photos provided by the Muskogee County, Oklahoma, Sheriff's Office shows Jon Hallford, left, and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home [File: Muskogee County Sheriff's Office via AP Photo]

A judge in the US state of Colorado has handed a funeral home owner, who stashed 191 dead bodies on his premises, a 20-year prison sentence for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government.

Federal prosecutors had sought a 15-year sentence for Jon Hallford, the owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado, where he and his wife, Carie Hallford, stored bodies between 2019 and 2023 and sent families fake ashes.

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