Overview

• Nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found at a Colorado funeral home, some dating back to 2019, in a state of decay and stored at room temperature.
• Owners Carie and Jon Hallford are charged with approximately 190 counts of abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering, and forgery.
• Text messages between the owners reveal financial pressures and fears of being caught, with suggestions of disposing of the bodies by digging a hole or setting them on fire.
• Some relatives of the deceased received fake ashes instead of the cremated remains of their loved ones.
• The Hallfords were arrested in Oklahoma after allegedly fleeing Colorado to avoid prosecution.