Tag: jon hallford
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Carie Hallford gets nearly maximum prison sentence after Return to Nature ruse despite ‘scared and desperate’ explanation
DENVER — Carie Hallford, the former Return to Nature Funeral Home co-owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building in Penrose, was sentenced Monday to 18 years on a federal fraud charge, nearly the maximum allowed under the law. Carie Hallford, 48, faced up to 20 years in prison for taking over…
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Jon Hallford sentenced to 40 years in state prison as families endure grief and ‘psychological violence’
Hundreds of families who entrusted their loved ones’ remains to the owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home have spent years hoping the courts would provide some version of closure after one of the most gruesome crimes in the history of the American funerary industry. On Friday, El Paso County 4th Judicial Court Judge Eric…
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On the docket this week: Triple homicide trial, Jon Hallford sentencing
Last week in 4th Judicial District courtrooms, an El Paso County judge handed down the maximum sentence for the man convicted of a 2022 homicide, and another denied a bond reduction request for a roommate accused of kidnapping and sexual assault. More hearings are in store for the upcoming week. Notably, Hanme Clark, the man accused…
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Judge accepts new plea agreements for Return to Nature owners
Jon and Carie Hallford will not see 2026 trials after all, as an El Paso County judge ruled to accept the most recent plea agreements for the pair on Dec. 22, despite heavy opposition from families who used their funeral services. The Hallfords came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after an inquiry into their Penrose…
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Judge accepts new plea agreements for Return to Nature owners
Jon and Carie Hallford will not see 2026 trials after all, as an El Paso County judge ruled to accept the most recent plea agreements for the pair on Dec. 22, despite heavy opposition from families who used their funeral services. The Hallfords came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after an inquiry into their Penrose…
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Jon and Carie Hallford enter guilty pleas in state funeral home cases
The owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home both entered guilty pleas in their state cases on Tuesday, according to a news release by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The court will determine whether to accept the pleas of Jon and Carie Hallford on Monday. An El Paso County judge rejected both of…
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Hallfords waive court appearances, March motions hearing set in Carie’s case
The owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home waived their appearances in state court at a hearing Friday that offered little new information but did set the table for a another hearing to go over the possibility of mental condition evidence being introduced in Carie Hallford’s case. Jon and Carie Hallford came under federal…
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Return to Nature co-owner sees federal sentencing pushed to 2026
The federal sentencing for the co-owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home that found itself under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 has been pushed to March, court records show. Carie Hallford was scheduled to be in a Denver court for her sentencing Wednesday after she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to…
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Return to Nature: Judge rejects Carie Hallford’s state plea deal, 2026 trial
Return to Nature owner Carie Hallford is heading to trial next year after an El Paso County judge rejected her state plea agreement Monday, a similar ruling in recent months for her co-defendant, Jon Hallford. Carie and Jon Hallford came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after a investigation on their Penrose Return to…
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Carie Hallford back in court; former funeral home owner filed for divorce from alleged co-conspirator
Victims in the Return to Nature funeral case will be allowed to express how they feel about Carie Hallford’s state plea agreement at a hearing scheduled for November, an El Paso County judge ruled Friday. Objections raised by the victims during what was supposed to be Jon Hallford’s state sentencing in August led to Judge…