"Gruesome Discovery: Colorado Funeral Home's Improper Storage of Bodies Revealed"

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"Gruesome Discovery: Colorado Funeral Home's Improper Storage of Bodies Revealed"
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FBI investigators found nearly 200 decaying bodies, including adults, infants, and fetuses, stacked in a neglected Colorado funeral home with bodily fluids on the floor and flies and maggots throughout the building. The owners, Carie and Jon Hallford, faced financial pressures and discussed getting rid of the bodies in text messages. They are charged with abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering, and forgery. Some relatives received fake ashes instead of cremated remains, and several bodies remain unidentified.

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