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Nearly 200 bodies left to rot as Colorado couple blew funeral service cash on cars, crypto
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:07 pm
frick these two. Just a horrible breach of trust:
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A Colorado couple collected funds from hundreds of families for their “eco-friendly” funeral services, money that they then spent on cars, crypto and designer jewelry — while the bodies rotted in their decrepit facility, according to newly released court documents.
Jon and Carie Hallford billed their Return to Nature funeral home business as a “return to the traditional way of burial,” offering biodegradable interment and cremation for up to $1,895, the documents said.
But instead of following through on their promises to bury clients’ loved ones with dignity, the couple blew through the cash on big-ticket items including a $92,566 GMC Yukon XL and a $28,336 Infiniti SUV, the bombshell records revealed.
Between 2019 and 2023, the pair also splurged on cryptocurrency, lavish trips to Las Vegas and California, and four-figure spending sprees at Tiffany & Co. and Gucci.
Meanwhile, 189 bodies they vowed to dispose of were “stored unrefrigerated, in room infested by bugs and … liquid decomposition,” the affidavit stated.
Some of the remains were even stacked on top of each other, or stored together in body bags wrapped in sheets and bound with duct tape.
In some cases, they allegedly gave families bags of mixed concrete instead of their loved ones’ ashes.
When authorities finally executed a search warrant at the Penrose facility last fall , the floors of the storage areas were so slippery with the liquid of human decomposition that it posed a risk to officials who were trying to remove the bodies, the affidavit noted.
Even when the Hallfords did follow through on their job to bury the bodies in their care, they committed egregious errors, the investigation found.
At one point during the probe, officials found that Return to Nature had buried a female body in the grave at Pikes Peak National Cemetery that was intended for an honorably discharged male Army veteran.
The remains intended for the military grave were actually languishing at a coroner’s office — seemingly without his loved ones’ knowledge.
The latest disturbing revelations came to light as a judge ruled that the case against Jon Hallford can proceed to trial.
The court made a similar ruling for Carie last month, the outlet noted.
Both are set to be arraigned on a slew of charges — including abuse of a corpse, forgery, and money laundering related to their purchases — on March 21
Jon Hallford was released from jail after fronting $100,000 bond in January, while Carie Hallford remains held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Several of the supposed victims’ loved ones were in court Thursday, ABC 7 noted.
“To prey on people in the weakest, most vulnerable time of their life is absolutely despicable,” said Danica Romero, whose sister, Samantha, was supposed to be cremated by Return to Nature after she died unexpectedly in December 2019.
“I don’t know what type of person even does that. Someone who doesn’t have a soul … My sister didn’t deserve this. None of the families involved deserve this,” she lamented.
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Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:09 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
Not exactly a proper burial.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:19 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
Didn't even have to look at the pics to know.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:21 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
A job done no better than a funeral home.
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To prey on people in the weakest, most vulnerable time of their life is absolutely despicable
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:27 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
We have one of these going on locally, and a couple dozen is fricking appalling. Almost a couple hundred is unfathomable.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:28 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
This seems like the same incident we discussed about a month ago here.
God I hope it is.
God I hope it is.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:28 pm to motoxfmx27
Sick bastards. They need to clean up all that as well before being locked up.
This post was edited on 2/9/24 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:35 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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Jon and Carie Hallford billed their Return to Nature funeral home business as a “return to the traditional way of burial,”
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Meanwhile, 189 bodies they vowed to dispose of were “stored unrefrigerated, in room infested by bugs and … liquid decomposition,”
Sounds like a couple diggers didn't do their job
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:42 pm to adamau
We really are witnessing a deteriorating mess of a "society".
It makes me ill.
It makes me ill.
This post was edited on 2/9/24 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:51 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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Jon Hallford was released from jail after fronting $100,000 bond in January,
And then
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while Carie Hallford remains held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
ol boy doing his wife dirty
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:53 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
What on earth has happened to society…. 92K for an SUV??
Posted on 2/9/24 at 7:56 pm to Willie Stroker
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This seems like the same incident we discussed about a month ago here.
this is at least the third time it's been posted...
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:04 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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“return to the traditional way of burial,”
the most traditional burial tradition of all, no burial.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:20 pm to Corinthians420
This is different from the televangelist in Colorado who was selling crypto
this is gonna be a SouthPark episode
this is gonna be a SouthPark episode
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:59 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
Same thing discovered at a fort Worth funeral home last year or so. Neighbors reported a constant stench after the owners abandoned the business.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:04 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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four-figure spending sprees at Tiffany
That might get you one earring.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:06 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
Lol, greenies get scammed again.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:19 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
How hard would it have been to just dump the bodies in a hole on the property, which seems like was their business model.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:23 pm to Random LSU Hero
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What on earth has happened to society…. 92K for an SUV??
I was actually more surprised by the cheap Infiniti.
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$28,336 Infiniti SUV
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