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
Fake Ashes and Fraud—Ex-Funeral Owners Face 20 Years for Giving Concrete Mix to Families of the Dead Jon and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, receive 20-year sentences after 190 decaying bodies were found in a 'house of horrors' in Colorado. International Business Times UK · Mar 16
Ex-funeral home owner who left bodies to rot and gave families fake ashes asks for lighter sentence Carie Hallford faces up to 20 years in prison for taking over $130,000 from families The Independent UK · Mar 16
Colorado funeral home owner faces sentencing for abusing 189 bodies A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes is set to be sentenced Friday The Independent UK · Feb 6
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
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
Funeral home owner accused of stashing decaying bodies expected to plead guilty in federal court A Colorado funeral home owner accused of storing nearly 190 decomposing bodies and defrauding the government is expected to plead guilty The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025
US funeral home owner who stashed 191 bodies sentenced to 20 years Investigators described finding decaying bodies stacked up throughout a dilapidated, insect-infested building. Al Jazeera · Jun 28, 2025
Funeral home owner sent to prison after stashing nearly 200 decomposing bodies Jon Hallford defrauded customers and the government and spent up large on Gucci and cryptocurrency The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025
Colorado Funeral Home Owners Expected To Plead Guilty Colorado funeral home scandal: Owners face charges for leaving bodies to decay and providing fake ashes, prompting stricter regulations. Top News · Nov 22, 2024
Funeral director couple pleads guilty to corpse abuse after nearly 200 rotting bodies discovered Jon and Carie Hallford admitted to storing 190 decaying bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2024
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024 The Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting 190 bodies decompose are set to plead guilty Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing 190 decaying bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes were expected to plead guilty Friday
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024 Funeral homeowners accused of giving families fake ashes and leaving 190 bodies to rot plead guilty Jon Hallford, 44, and Carie Hallford, 47, operated the Return to Nature funeral home, which specialized in ‘green burials’
Top News · Oct 24, 2024 Colorado Funeral Home Owners Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges Colorado funeral home owners plead guilty to fraud, misusing relief funds and mishandling bodies, prompting tighter regulations.
Top News · Oct 24, 2024 Colorado Funeral Home Owners Expected To Plead Guilty Colorado funeral home owners accused of misusing funds and mishandling bodies face federal charges and industry scrutiny.
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024 Funeral home owners accused of storing bodies and sending fake ashes set to plead guilty to Covid fraud The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home are also accused of sending grieving families fake ashes
Top News · Sep 16, 2024 Colorado Funeral Home Owners Set Change-Of-Plea Hearing Federal judge cancels October trial date in Colorado funeral home fraud case involving misspent relief funds and multiple criminal charges.
The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2024 Change-of-plea hearings set in fraud case for owners of funeral home where 190 bodies found A federal judge has canceled an October trial date and set a change-of-plea hearing for the owners of a Colorado funeral home where authorities discovered 190 decaying bodies
The Guardian - US · Aug 6, 2024 Owners of Colorado funeral home where 190 bodies found ordered to pay $950m Jon and Carie Hallford found liable as court rules for victims’ families – but amount unlikely to be paid out
Top News · Apr 16, 2024 Colorado Funeral Home Owners Face Charges For Fraud And Mishandling Remains Colorado funeral home owners accused of mishandling human remains and misusing Covid-19 relief funds face serious charges and potential prison time.
WEKU · Jan 12, 2024 Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a Colorado funeral home, FBI says Investigators at a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered human remains, bodily fluids, flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified.
The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024 Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a neglected Colorado funeral home, FBI agent says An FBI agent says investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor and maggots