A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year is expected to appear in state court for a plea hearing on Nov. 8 after being charged with hundreds of counts of corpse abuse.
Jon Hallford, 44, and Carie Hallford, 47, owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado, each face 190 counts of corpse abuse, along with charges of theft, money laundering, and forgery, according to court documents.
Authorities searched the funeral home in October 2023 after residents in the Penrose area reported a foul odor coming from the building, leading to the discovery of the bodies. Some of the bodies had dates of death going back to 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in October….