"Colorado Funeral Home Owners' Lavish Spending Uncovered as Nearly 200 Abused Corpses Found"

Court documents reveal that a Colorado funeral home, Return to Nature Funeral Home, had been reported for mistreating corpses and improper refrigeration by the Fremont County coroner as early as 2020, but no action was taken by the state agency responsible for oversight. The funeral home, which had weak regulations and no routine inspections, allegedly stored nearly 200 decomposing bodies and used funds from grieving families for lavish personal expenses. The owners, Jon and Carie Hallford, have been charged with abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering, and forgery. Families, like Tanya Wilson, who hired the funeral home, were shocked to discover that their loved ones' remains were not properly handled.