A Colorado funeral home owner and his wife have been arrested and charged in connection with the improper storage of nearly 200 bodies that were removed from their “eco-friendly” facility last month.
Jon and Carrie Hallford were arrested Wednesday in Wagoner, Oklahoma on suspicion of four felonies, including abuse of a corpse, money laundering and forgery, District Attorney Michael J. Allen said.
Jon Hallford is being held at a jail in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, although there are no records showing Carrie is there, a man at the jail said.
Jon is the owner of Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, outside of Denver.
The facility made headlines last month when authorities responded to reports of a “disgusting smell” inside the rundown building on October 4.
Officers found what were later confirmed to be 189 decomposing bodies.
A day after the odor was reported, Hallford told the director of the state’s Funeral Homes and Crematorium registry that he did have a “problem” at the Penrose site and claimed that he practiced taxidermy there, according to a state order dated Oct. 5.
The two were charged in connection with the improper storage of nearly 200 bodies that were removed from their “eco-friendly” facility last month. Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office They were arrested on suspicion of four felonies, including abuse of a corpse, money laundering, and forgery.AP Officers found what were later confirmed to be 189 decomposing bodies. Back to Colorado Nature
Nature Funeral Home opened in 2017, and offers both cremation and “green” burials without embalming.
The business has remained in operation despite mounting financial and legal concerns, including missing tax payments, evictions from multiple properties, and a lawsuit involving unpaid bills to the crematorium, public records and interviews show.
Funeral homes in Colorado are not required to undergo routine inspections and meet eligibility requirements.
As a result, no records show that state regulators visited the Penrose property or contacted Hallford until more than 10 months after the business’s registration expired in November 2022.
The business remained operational despite mounting financial and legal concerns, including missing tax payments. AP Jon is the owner of Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, outside of Denver. AP Nature Funeral Home opened in 2017, and offers both cremation and “green” burials without embalming.AP
With Postal wire
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