Tag: carie hallford
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Return to Nature Funeral Home owners plead not guilty to federal charges
DENVER • Return to Nature Funeral Home owners Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded not guilty Thursday to more than a dozen federal fraud charges stemming from the discovery of nearly 200 bodies decomposing inside a funeral home the couple operated in rural Penrose in October. The 15 federal counts pile atop 260 criminal charges at the…
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‘Bittersweet’ demolition begins at Return to Nature Funeral Home
PENROSE • A chapter in the saga of the Return to Nature Funeral Home case is closing as demolition of the building that housed nearly 200 decomposing bodies began Tuesday morning. Impacted loved ones, law enforcement, Fremont County and El Paso County Coroner’s Office personnel and officials with the Environmental Protection Agency came together on the…
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Former Return to Nature owner Jon Hallford accused of lying about stepchildren, ‘sexting’ stepdaughter
The former owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Jon Michael Hallford, is facing allegations that he lied to the court about his relationship to his stepchildren — and their whereabouts — in order to lower his bond from $2 million to $100,000 as he awaits trial on multiple felony charges related to the nearly…
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Officials detail Return to Nature building demolition plans
After delays in the process originally set to begin earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency will begin the demolition of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose on April 16, beginning with a ceremony for the families of victims. EPA on-scene coordinator Valeriy Bizyayev said at a Wednesday press conference in Cañon City…
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Return to Nature owners’ trial date tentatively set, arraignment hearing continued
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jon and Carie Hallford, the owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, are expected to go to trial in October following an arraignment hearing on Thursday morning. Both Hallfords are facing hundreds of charges related to the discovery of 190 bodies improperly stored at the…
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Return to Nature owners’ trial date tentatively set, arraignment hearing continued
Jon and Carie Hallford, the owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, are expected to go to trial in October following an arraignment hearing on Thursday morning. Both Hallfords are facing hundreds of charges related to the discovery of 190 bodies improperly stored at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose. Return to Nature…
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Return to Nature co-owner fails to appear for sobriety monitoring
Carie Hallford, one of the co-owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, will return to court next week after failing to appear for a court-ordered sobriety test. Kate Singh, a spokesperson for the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, confirmed with The Gazette that Hallford missed a required sobriety test that is part of her…
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EPA announces tentative timeline for Penrose funeral home demolition after delay
The Environment Protection Agency announced in a release on Thursday that the demolition process for the Penrose building where 189 bodies were improperly stored will tentatively start in the last week of February. The announcement follows the cancellation of the original demolition start date on Jan. 17. The EPA said the delay was due to cold…
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Judge rules to unseal probable cause affidavits in Hallford case
Fourth Judicial District Judge William Moller ruled Friday morning to unseal the probable-cause affidavits for both Jon and Cari Hallford, co-owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home. The Hallfords are facing over 200 felony charges stemming from the discovery of 189 improperly stored bodies at a building in Penrose connected to the Return to Nature…
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Return to Nature co-owner to appear in court Thursday
A Return to Nature Funeral Home co-owner is expected to appear in court on Thursday, a week after her husband and fellow co-owner Jon Hallford had his bond reduced to $100,000. Carie Hallford, one of the two owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, is scheduled to appear in court Thursday afternoon for her preliminary…