The owners of a Colorado funeral home, Jon and Carie Hallford, pleaded guilty to 191 counts of abuse of a corpse after being accused of storing bodies in poor conditions and providing concrete instead of ashes to families. The couple misused COVID relief funds for personal expenses and could face up to 20 years in prison. Some families of the deceased expressed outrage and the case may still go to trial if the judge rejects the plea deal.
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New Mexico teen kills entire family and then calls 911 to drunkenly confess to quadruple homicide: police
A 16-year-old New Mexico boy was arrested for allegedly killing his parents and two siblings, confessing to the crime while drunk and in a phone call to 911. Diego Leyva faces first-degree murder charges for the quadruple homicide in Belen, where his family members were found shot dead inside their home. Despite being intoxicated, Leyva surrendered peacefully and was hospitalized for detox before being detained in a juvenile justice center in Albuquerque as authorities investigate...
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