Tag: Return To Nature
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Hallfords waive court appearances, March motions hearing set in Carie’s case
The owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home waived their appearances in state court at a hearing Friday that offered little new information but did set the table for a another hearing to go over the possibility of mental condition evidence being introduced in Carie Hallford’s case. Jon and Carie Hallford came under federal…
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Renewed questions of public trust in Colorado funeral homes following Pueblo discovery
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two years after the discovery of almost 200 decomposing bodies inside Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, state inspectors found 24 more neglected corpses hidden inside Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s business, Davis Mortuary. Some of those bodies, investigators said, had been hidden for 15 years, and…
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Colorado funeral home co-owner gets 20 years in prison on federal charges
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Shackled at the ankles and wrists, Jon Hallford — co-owner of the infamous Penrose Return to Nature Funeral home — appeared calm in federal court Friday morning as a Denver judge handed down a 20-year prison sentence, with three years of supervision, for one count…
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Return to Nature owners plead guilty to wire fraud charge at federal court hearing
DENVER – Return to Nature Funeral Home owners Jon and Carie Hallford appeared in federal court on Thursday to accept a plea deal, which could land the couple in prison for up to 15 years. In September, Jon and Carie Hallford, the owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, filed a notice of disposition and a…
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Nearly $1 billion judgment goes against Return to Nature Funeral Home, although largely symbolic
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A class-action lawsuit against the Return to Nature Funeral Home resulted in a judgment of nearly $1 billion, an attorney representing the victims confirmed Monday. The funeral home about 35 miles southwest of Colorado Springs came under a multiagency investigation in October after reports of…
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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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Return to Nature Funeral Home owners plead not guilty to federal charges
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DENVER • Return to Nature Funeral Home owners Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded not guilty Thursday to more than a dozen federal fraud charges stemming from the discovery of nearly 200 bodies decomposing inside a funeral home the couple operated in rural Penrose in October. The 15 federal counts pile atop 260 criminal charges at the…
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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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Dramatic scene unfolds after hearing for Return to Nature co-owner Jon Hallford, who will face trial
Jon Hallford, the Return to Nature Funeral Home co-owner facing hundreds of felony charges after the discovery of 189 improperly stored bodies, is headed to trial after the completion of his preliminary hearing Thursday. Judge William Moller decided to bind over four counts of money laundering charges for trial. Hallford did not face preliminary hearing…