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Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 30 years in decomposing bodies case

Carie Hallford, 48, whose ex-husband, Jon, was earlier sentenced, expressed remorse over corpse abuse scheme

The Guardian - US · Apr 24

Corpse abuse cases force changes on Colorado's scandal-plagued funeral industry

A former funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies while giving families fake ashes faces sentencing after pleading guilty to corpse abuse

The Independent UK · Apr 24

As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, some families received fake ashes after the death of loved ones

The fake ashes just scratch the surface.

We Got This Covered · Mar 17

Takeaways from AP's report on a woman whose body was among 189 left to decay in a funeral home

Derrick Johnson buried his mother’s ashes in 2023 alongside his home on Maui, fulfilling her wish of a final resting place overlooking her grandchildren

The Independent UK · Feb 6

Son discovers mother among 189 rotting corpses at Colorado funeral home

He held a memorial and sprinkled rose petals. Then the FBI called

The Independent UK · Feb 5

Judge accepts guilty pleas from Colorado funeral home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

A judge has accepted guilty pleas for the owners of a Colorado funeral home for the abuse of 191 corpses, many of which languished in a room-temperature building for years

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2025

Judge rejects plea deal for funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies

Jon Hallford withdrew his guilty plea and is scheduled for trial

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Judge to weigh plea deal of funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies

A Colorado funeral home owner has taken a plea deal after stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Colorado funeral director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses withdraws guilty plea

A Colorado funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses has withdrawn his guilty plea

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

Funeral home owner who stashed 200 decaying bodies set to be sentenced over corpse abuse

Jon Hallford and his wife ran a 'morbid racket' for four years from their Return to Nature Funeral Home

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025