Funeral home owners plead guilty to corpse abuse after nearly 200 decomposing bodies found
Funeral home owners plead guilty to corpse abuse after nearly 200 decomposing bodies found
The married co-owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decomposing bodies were found pleaded guilty Friday to corpse abuse.
Summary
Owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado, pleaded guilty to 191 counts of corpse abuse after nearly 200 decomposing bodies were found at their facility.
The couple, Jon and Carie Hallford, admitted to defrauding families by taking payments for burial or cremation services they never performed, sometimes substituting concrete mix for ashes.
They also admitted to a related federal conspiracy to commit wire fraud, including $800,000 in COVID-19 relief fraud.
Sentencing for both state and federal cases is scheduled for 2025, with each facing up to 20 years in prison.
Fun fact, until that event, Colorado had hardly any regulations around funeral homes.
https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/24/colorado-funeral-home-bills-signed-law/
but if they waited the free market would make sure competition would kick in and solve the problem ✨magically✨
For a second there, I thought the lady was Amy from Amy's Baking Company which created so many questions.
Not convinced it's not her.
Tweak the story just a bit and you get Sweeney Todd though, that'd be an interesting take.
Now you got me wondering again lol
Well, it seems like Amy's Baking Company has not survived the test of time. According to Kitchen Nightmares Updates, the bakery closed in 2015 after its owners found a new buyer for the business. In response to a question posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) about the business closing, Amy's Baking Company confirmed the news, tweeting, "Yes! Now we can focus on several other projects!"
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What was the plan here? Surely they had some idea of what they were going to do with the bodies?
Bleach the skeletons and sell them to medical institutions H.H. Holmes style
American Dad did an episode on this, funny enough
Really, the sentences are going to be concurrent and I think the fraud conviction will likely be much longer than whatever the corpse thing is.
Lemmy has been very interested in this story, which I’m grateful for. I’ve been able to follow it since the beginning. Thanks, OP!
/s /s /s
I just finished listening to a podcast about a very similar situation, it's a great listen. It's called Noble for anyone interested.