Tag: Penrose
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Families upset after Return to Nature owners Jon and Carie Hallford offered plea deals
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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 affected family members and acquired by The Gazette. Jon and Carie Hallford face 286 criminal charges stemming from the discovery…
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Return to Nature purgatory: At least 989 families remain without answers
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the days after her 33-year-old son, Zach, died in July, 2020, Heather DeWolf started taking a new route to and from work so she could slow-roll by the Colorado Springs funeral home that was handling his final arrangements. She knew the oldest of her…
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Former Return to Nature owner Jon Hallford accused of lying about stepchildren, ‘sexting’ stepdaughter
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The former owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Jon Michael Hallford, is facing allegations that he lied to the court about his relationship to his stepchildren — and their whereabouts — in order to lower his bond from $2 million to $100,000 as he awaits trial on multiple felony charges related to the nearly…
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‘Disturbing discovery:’ More than 115 bodies found improperly stored at Colorado funeral home
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CAÑON CITY • In the coming months, investigators will be piecing together the identities of 115 bodies found this week in a seemingly desolate building in Penrose. The Return to Nature Funeral Home, a formerly Colorado Springs-based business, was using the modest 2,500-square-foot building, when neighbors reported a foul…
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Return to Nature Funeral Home: Details about the ‘green’ burials business
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Return to Nature Funeral Home, under investigation after more than 115 improperly stored bodies were found this week by authorities, was established six years ago in Colorado Springs, according to public records and past Gazette reporting. Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper confirmed the grisly discovery during…
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Southern Colorado funeral home with ‘green’ burials investigated over human remains
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PENROSE • A Colorado Springs-based funeral home in Penrose is under investigation after an investigation unveiled the improper storage of human remains on the property, according to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s office deputies received reports Tuesday of a “suspicious incident” at the Return to…
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Penrose emerging as cider, wine and mead production center
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Penrose is already famous for its apple orchards, but the small community south of Colorado Springs is fast becoming known for its wines, hard ciders and meads. Their makers have formed a co-op and are…