Colorado's Jon Hallford, owner of Return to Nature funeral home, received a 20-year prison sentence for fraudulently handling nearly 190 bodies and deceiving families with fake ashes. Investigators found the bodies stored in poor conditions between 2019 and 2023. Hallford pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and faces further sentencing in a state case on 191 counts of corpse abuse. Families were traumatized to learn their loved ones' ashes were not real, significantly impacting their grieving process.
"I opened Return to Nature to make a positive impact in people's lives, then everything got completely out of control, especially me. I am so deeply sorry for my actions."
"The morbid discovery revealed to many families that their loved ones weren't cremated and that the ashes they had spread or cherished were fake."
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