/tags/funeral-homes Funeral Homes en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:01:54 GMT /news/2024-11-22/colorado-funeral-home-owners-who-let-nearly-190-bodies-decay-plead-guilty-to-corpse-abuse Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting nearly 190 bodies decay in a room-temperature building and giving grieving families fake ashes have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse. Jon and Carie Hallford entered the pleas on Friday. Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:01:54 GMT /news/2024-11-22/colorado-funeral-home-owners-who-let-nearly-190-bodies-decay-plead-guilty-to-corpse-abuse Associated Press /news/2024-11-08/the-colorado-funeral-home-owners-accused-of-letting-190-bodies-decompose-are-set-to-plead-guilty Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing 190 decaying bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes were expected to plead guilty Friday. Jon and Carie Hallford have been charged with more than 200 counts of corpse abuse. Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:23:42 GMT /news/2024-11-08/the-colorado-funeral-home-owners-accused-of-letting-190-bodies-decompose-are-set-to-plead-guilty Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America /news/2024-10-24/colorado-funeral-home-owners-accused-of-stashing-dead-bodies-plead-guilty-to-federal-fraud-charges Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds have pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges for defrauding customers. Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:37:37 GMT /news/2024-10-24/colorado-funeral-home-owners-accused-of-stashing-dead-bodies-plead-guilty-to-federal-fraud-charges Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America /news/2024-06-09/colorado-to-tighten-regulations-on-funeral-homes-after-multiple-scandals What will tightened state regulations on funeral homes mean for Colorado families? Wake Forest Law Professor Tanya D. Marsh provides her expert analysis. Sun, 09 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-06-09/colorado-to-tighten-regulations-on-funeral-homes-after-multiple-scandals /news/2024-05-06/rotting-bodies-and-fake-ashes-spur-colorado-lawmakers-to-pass-funeral-home-regulations Colorado lawmakers have passed a sweeping bill to overhaul the state's lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies. Mon, 06 May 2024 18:56:18 GMT /news/2024-05-06/rotting-bodies-and-fake-ashes-spur-colorado-lawmakers-to-pass-funeral-home-regulations Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America /news/2024-04-16/owners-of-a-colorado-funeral-home-where-190-decaying-bodies-were-found-are-charged-with-covid-fraud Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government. The husband and wife already face state charges of corpse abuse after 190 decaying bodies were discovered in their funeral home's storage building last year. The new charges Monday against Jon and Carie Hallford underscore their alleged lies, money laundering, forgery and manipulation over the past four years that devastated grieving family members. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:18:21 GMT /news/2024-04-16/owners-of-a-colorado-funeral-home-where-190-decaying-bodies-were-found-are-charged-with-covid-fraud Jesse Bedayn and Colleen Slevin, Associated Press, Matthew Brown, Associated Press /news/2024-03-21/judge-delays-case-against-colorado-funeral-home-owners-accused-of-190-counts-of-corpse-abuse A Colorado judge has granted a defense request to delay the criminal case of two Colorado funeral home operators accused of letting nearly 200 corpses decay in a decrepit building in some cases for years. The delay Thursday angered some families of the deceased who are eager to have the case resolved. Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:55:27 GMT /news/2024-03-21/judge-delays-case-against-colorado-funeral-home-owners-accused-of-190-counts-of-corpse-abuse Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America /news/2024-03-21/funeral-home-owners-accused-of-storing-nearly-200-decaying-bodies-to-enter-pleas he owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decaying bodies were found last year are set to enter pleas in court on Thursday. Jon and Carie Hallford are accused of falsifying death certificates and sending fake ashes to grieving families. It's one of several cases to roil Colorado's largely-unregulated funeral industry. Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:37:57 GMT /news/2024-03-21/funeral-home-owners-accused-of-storing-nearly-200-decaying-bodies-to-enter-pleas Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America /news/2024-03-08/more-cremated-remains-withheld-from-families-found-at-funeral-home-owners-house-prosecutors-say Prosecutors said more cremated remains were found at the home of a Colorado funeral home owner, where a rotting corpse and 35 other cremated remains were discovered last month. Owner Miles Harford appeared in court Friday, where he was read the charges of forgery, abuse of a corpse and theft. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:59:21 GMT /news/2024-03-08/more-cremated-remains-withheld-from-families-found-at-funeral-home-owners-house-prosecutors-say Associated Press /news/2024-03-04/rotting-bodies-fake-ashes-and-sold-body-parts-push-colorado-to-patch-lax-funeral-home-rules Colorado lawmakers have unveiled a bill that would install requirements for funeral home directors after nearly 200 bodies were found stacked and rotting in a funeral home in September. Another bill expected to be introduced would require routine inspections of facilities Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:24:05 GMT /news/2024-03-04/rotting-bodies-fake-ashes-and-sold-body-parts-push-colorado-to-patch-lax-funeral-home-rules Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/Report for America