Tag: jon hallford
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Four of the 24 decomposing bodies found at Davis Mortuary identified
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Four of the 24 decomposing bodies found at now former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s Davis Mortuary have been identified, authorities announced Tuesday. Family notifications are underway, and no identification details will be made public out of respect and privacy of the families, the Colorado…
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Renewed questions of public trust in Colorado funeral homes following Pueblo discovery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two years after the discovery of almost 200 decomposing bodies inside Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, state inspectors found 24 more neglected corpses hidden inside Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s business, Davis Mortuary. Some of those bodies, investigators said, had been hidden for 15 years, and…
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Return to Nature: Jon Hallford to be sentenced on abuse of a corpse charges Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jon Hallford, who co-owned the Return to Nature Funeral Home, is set to appear in court Friday for his state sentencing, marking the end of his criminal cases after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month on a federal wire fraud charge. Authorities…
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Return to Nature: Carie Hallford enters plea deal, remains a ‘liar’ to one family
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Carie Hallford, who was ready to go to trial on more than a dozen counts of wire fraud connected to a case of deception that resulted in the decomposition of nearly 190 bodies at the Return to Nature Funeral Home, entered a guilty…
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Return to Nature co-owner Jon Hallford receives maximum sentence in federal wire fraud case
The wire fraud charges stem from the Hallfords’ misuse of cremation and burial payments as well as Covid relief funds
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Return to Nature: Jon Hallford set for Friday sentencing on federal wire charges
DENVER • Over a year and a half after the discovery of nearly 190 decomposing bodies in the Penrose Return to Nature Funeral Home, one of the owners is expected to be sentenced Friday on conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to misuse of cremation and burial payments. Owners Jon and Carie Hallford are facing…
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Hallfords plead guilty to state charges, Carie Hallford back in custody
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Return to Nature Funeral Home owners Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded guilty in state court on Friday to 190 counts of abuse of a corpse, leaving the couple facing a potential 20-year prison sentence. The funeral home in Penrose, about 35 miles southwest of Colorado…
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Hallfords plead guilty to state charges, Carie Hallford back in custody
Return to Nature Funeral Home owners Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded guilty in state court on Friday to 190 counts of abuse of a corpse, leaving the couple facing a potential 20-year prison sentence. The funeral home in Penrose, about 35 miles southwest of Colorado Springs, came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after…
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Return to Nature co-owners to appear in court for plea hearing
The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, Jon and Carie Hallford, are expected to appear in court Friday for a plea hearing in their state-level case just weeks after pleading guilty to charges in federal court. Court records show that plea agreements were filed Nov. 1 by attorneys representing both Hallfords in their state-level case,…
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Return to Nature co-owners to appear in court for plea hearing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, Jon and Carie Hallford, are expected to appear in court Friday for a plea hearing in their state-level case just weeks after pleading guilty to charges in federal court. Court records show that plea agreements were filed Nov.…