Funeral home owner accused of stashing decaying bodies expected to plead guilty

Carie Hallford, owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges of fraud involving nearly 190 decomposing bodies and defrauding the government out of $900,000 in pandemic relief funds. Alongside her husband Jon Hallford, who was sentenced to 20 years for wire fraud, they allegedly misused funds for luxury items while failing to perform cremations as promised.

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A funeral home owner in Colorado is in trouble for hiding many bodies and taking money from people who wanted to cremate their loved ones, and she might say she did something wrong in court.

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