Tag: jon hallford
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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…
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Four of the 24 decomposing bodies found at Davis Mortuary identified
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Four of the 24 decomposing bodies found at now former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s Davis Mortuary have been identified, authorities announced Tuesday. Family notifications are underway, and no identification details will be made public out of respect and privacy of the families, the Colorado…
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Renewed questions of public trust in Colorado funeral homes following Pueblo discovery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two years after the discovery of almost 200 decomposing bodies inside Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, state inspectors found 24 more neglected corpses hidden inside Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s business, Davis Mortuary. Some of those bodies, investigators said, had been hidden for 15 years, and…
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Return to Nature: Jon Hallford to be sentenced on abuse of a corpse charges Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jon Hallford, who co-owned the Return to Nature Funeral Home, is set to appear in court Friday for his state sentencing, marking the end of his criminal cases after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month on a federal wire fraud charge. Authorities…
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Return to Nature: Carie Hallford enters plea deal, remains a ‘liar’ to one family
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Carie Hallford, who was ready to go to trial on more than a dozen counts of wire fraud connected to a case of deception that resulted in the decomposition of nearly 190 bodies at the Return to Nature Funeral Home, entered a guilty…
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Hallfords plead guilty to state charges, Carie Hallford back in custody
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Return to Nature Funeral Home owners Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded guilty in state court on Friday to 190 counts of abuse of a corpse, leaving the couple facing a potential 20-year prison sentence. The funeral home in Penrose, about 35 miles southwest of Colorado…
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Return to Nature co-owners to appear in court for plea hearing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, Jon and Carie Hallford, are expected to appear in court Friday for a plea hearing in their state-level case just weeks after pleading guilty to charges in federal court. Court records show that plea agreements were filed Nov.…
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Family upset after Return to Nature owners Jon, Carrie Hallford offered plea deals
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The owners of the Return to Nature funeral home have been offered a plea deal in their state-level case, according to an email sent to impacted family members and acquired by The Gazette. Jon and Carie Hallford face 286 criminal charges stemming from the discovery of 189 bodies improperly stored at the Return to Nature Funeral…
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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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Dramatic scene unfolds after hearing for Return to Nature co-owner Jon Hallford, who will face trial
Jon Hallford, the Return to Nature Funeral Home co-owner facing hundreds of felony charges after the discovery of 189 improperly stored bodies, is headed to trial after the completion of his preliminary hearing Thursday. Judge William Moller decided to bind over four counts of money laundering charges for trial. Hallford did not face preliminary hearing…