Colorado funeral home owners indicted again and back in jail -- this time for alleged wire fraud
CBS News - 2024-04-16T16:57:22.000Z

The married couple who own the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose are back behind bars as the facility where nearly 200 "improperly stored bodies" were discovered last fall will be demolished. Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford have been arrested by the FBI and indicted by the federal government for allegedly defrauding customers and the government.The Hallfords have each been charged with 10 counts of wire fraud over their alleged failure to bury or cremate bodies of people, despite taking...

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