Colorado funeral-home co-owner receives 30-year sentence in corpse-abuse scandal
TL;DR
A Colorado Springs funeral home co-owner, Carie Hallford, was sentenced to 30 years in state prison for a corpse-abuse scheme that left nearly 200 decomposing bodies and defrauded families of about $130,000; her husband Jon Hallford received 40 years, and Carie earlier got an 18-year federal term for related fraud. The couple also admitted to fraudulently obtaining about $882,000 in SBA COVID relief funds. The case spurred tighter state oversight of funeral homes and renewed advocacy for victims.
- Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 30 years in decomposing bodies case The Guardian
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- Former Colorado funeral home owner gets 30-year prison sentence in state court PBS
- Carie Hallford sentenced to 30 years for abuse of a corpse charges at Return to Nature Funeral Home KRDO
- After Return to Nature: What's changed in Colorado funeral industry law Yahoo
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