Overview

• Jon Hallford pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and was handed the maximum 20-year term plus three years of supervised release.
• Federal investigators found nearly 190 decomposing bodies stored in a dilapidated, insect-infested facility and determined families received urns of concrete mix or wrong remains.
• Prosecutors detailed how the Hallfords siphoned almost $900,000 in COVID-19 relief and client payments to fund luxury vehicles, designer goods and cosmetic procedures.
• Hallford faces state sentencing in August on 191 counts of corpse abuse while co-owner Carie Hallford is slated for her federal trial and a separate state hearing in September.
• Victim impact statements and media scrutiny of the scandal have prompted calls for stricter Colorado funeral-home licensing and routine inspections.