Colorado funeral home owner arrested after 189 bodies found improperly stored

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Colorado funeral home owner arrested after 189 bodies found improperly stored

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Crystina Page says she believed for years she had the cremains of her son, David, but his body and at least 189 others were found, improperly stored at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. Authorities say Jon Hallford, the funeral home's owner, and his wife, Carrie, were arrested and face multiple charges, including abuse of a corpse, theft and money laundering. KUSA’s Aaron Adelson reports.
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@watsonspuzzle 9 ай бұрын

I feel so sorry for Crystina. She's shaking with shock. I wonder if all the loved ones got fake cremains.

@cayuun 9 ай бұрын

the cremation (which is forbidden in many beliefs) is actually the easiest way to dispose dead body

@cadespencer6320 9 ай бұрын

@@cayuunit’s expensive

@SkyCommander108 9 ай бұрын

To desecrate so many bodies of beloved family members without proper respect all just to commit fraud is just disturbing and unconscionable. I pray the families receive proper closure and the Hallfords repent and take full accountability for their malicious criminal actions.

@blazability3469 9 ай бұрын

america is getting more and more sick by the min

@anthonyvoss9150 9 ай бұрын

They gave people random ashes and told them it was their cremated loved ones?...that's foul

@f.acostaa9429 9 ай бұрын

So heartbroken for this mom. And for the many families that need answers too.

@SheliaRPierre 9 ай бұрын

People just do anything and do anything for money. So Sad!!!

@j.g.t7006 9 ай бұрын

Who we can trust or who we can believe those days?? Heartless people are everywhere 😮

@notyourbusiness393 9 ай бұрын

This also happened in Georgia a while back. It was horrendous. The things they did with those bodies was unspeakable.

@blazability3469 9 ай бұрын

Source?

@kap1526 9 ай бұрын

@@blazability3469google

@colleeporter2657 9 ай бұрын

Yes I remember reading about that Didn’t they find bodies piles on top of each other in a shed ?

@JAYM3ST 9 ай бұрын

@@blazability3469 Tri State Crematory, early 2000s..over 300 bodies

@audreywilborn2018 9 ай бұрын

Funeral homes make enough money that they don't have to do this . Crazy , just crazy !

@RePetesBees 9 ай бұрын

That's an immense amount of money they were pocketing. Quick google search says the cheapest is like 3k for a direct cremation. That's over half a million on the low side.... chances r they were able to pocket much more... i hope the deceased get to now rest in peace and their loved ones, justice.

@mariaelda6271 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely despicable!!!

@stanford-nf4jk 9 ай бұрын

I hope this mother keeps fighting the good fight! Funeral directors and morticians are super shady in general. They take advantage of people who’ve lost their loved ones at a time when they’re the most vulnerable. My grandma died in December 2022. They charged us just over $8,000 for cremation and we STILL have yet to receive her remains as of November of 2023!

@movingforwardfco1587 9 ай бұрын

There was a place that had babies, dead babies stuck in the attic. The most common reason is the cremation machine breaks down. Don't know the proper name. But my son is a welder and they cost big money to repair. If greedy they just get rid of body saving having to burn at the hot heat. You absolutely never know who's ashes you are getting unless you are standing right there and they don't allow it. And I hate to say it but we have clue how they treat, handle, our loved ones while in the funeral home, morgue. I think we would all be horrified. We need change in this area.

@gracie2298 9 ай бұрын

If there are 189 bodies to be identified, where did these two charlatans get the ashes, or were people given fake ashes? Utterly cruel to disrespect the bodies & their families. Karma to them!

@LoloO42 9 ай бұрын

I bet animal carcasses.

@skyeevl7656 9 ай бұрын

What's the point of keeping the bodies?

@Suzie77 9 ай бұрын

@@skyeevl7656it was to pocket the money they didn’t want to actually spend it on the cremation process

@naturalbeauty4734 9 ай бұрын

TEMU!! fake dust!! 🤣😂

@361Ratch 6 ай бұрын

This is sickening

@exploreraa983 9 ай бұрын

absolutely horrific!

@Shaolin91z 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Lord for your salvation Thanks Lord for your peace

@loriparks8657 9 ай бұрын

Condolences To All Family Member's.

@austinduvall2422 9 ай бұрын

I have offically lost all faith in humanity

@Former_Pastor 9 ай бұрын

It's probably cement

@TheEsquireClub 9 ай бұрын

Heartbreaking!

@shitmandood 9 ай бұрын

So they’re out on bail already? Judge letting them go?

@MisterAviation 9 ай бұрын

Why does the woman who got arrested look like the lady from Kitchen Nightmares in Amy’s Baking company

@theirmom4723 9 ай бұрын

Same thing I thought

@johnwattdotca 9 ай бұрын

The thing the same thought I.

@loisbarber7023 6 ай бұрын

I felt so terrible for the mother until she refused to give the FBI the entire contents of the remains so another family could get back their loved one. She claims she respects those remains, but names them "Grandma Fido"? C'mon, please grow a heart. Your family is not the only one hurt. Have some sympathy for that other family.

@angiepellar6441 9 ай бұрын

This is just awful,very sad

@bevmain1704 9 ай бұрын

This is horrible. So terrible. Wow that's a Devil 😈👺👺

@ernst91 9 ай бұрын

Only demons act like this.

@kotexconnection3804 9 ай бұрын

you know what's worse than having an imaginary friend, having an imaginary enemy

@williamisenberg233 6 ай бұрын

I've never been at a loss of words but this right here I am absolutely speechless !

@adhdnatedog 9 ай бұрын

That's seriously messed up & weird !

@nickybrooks6942 9 ай бұрын

Why would you not give over the remains so they could be properly identified? Is this not what you would want if looking for your family member ! I feel for her but by refusing to turn over those remains she is denyng another grieving family closure !

@marryellenmonahan5585 9 ай бұрын

She did give them some of the ashes, but is holding on to the rest.

@Suzie77 9 ай бұрын

They only need a small amount to test it and if they didn’t cremate her son I doubt it’s even human remains in there…I mean they weren’t cremated that’s why they found almost 200 bodies it’s not like they did their job and just mixed up remains

@sidneyvandykeii3169 9 ай бұрын

When a human body is cremated you get about 3% to 5% of the total ashes in your Urn. There is a LOT of ash. These people could cremate one person and have enough ashes to give to 20 or 30 families. They just left the rest of the bodies to rot.

@donsicariofx 9 ай бұрын

It's futile. Even DNA wouldn't survive the heat of a furnace

@Nuttyirishman85 9 ай бұрын

@@donsicariofxYeah, there’s no point in testing it at all.

@frankcano5359 9 ай бұрын

Sick country

@movingforwardfco1587 9 ай бұрын

How many times does this have to happen before there is nation wide rules, laws, regulations, standards, and supervision??? Seriously people! You don't understand how many times someone does this. Makes me sick and why can't we just bury burn our own at this point absolutely insane that no one is changing this. I so sorry hun. Some places don't even have official people doing this. But we trust them w our loved ones in our most vulnerable states. All that while being robbed in the first place. Your son did not die in vein my dear. He is giving you the strength to expose to make sure that there are laws, someone watching over these places. I think you might have just found a new career if you want it. I mean there is no way that every single person I know would not agree something needs to be done. Start your non profit and watch this country support you in not letting this happen year after year across this country. I am sorry for loss. But for some reason I feel he is not done. And I don't believe in all that. Make your day amazing.

@mikewhocheeseharry5292 9 ай бұрын

Body Broker business has been pretty much unregulated, almost no entry of barrier to start. I believe at least now in Colorado is looking more into regulating it.

@tberman2386 9 ай бұрын

189 bodies in that building?!

@lilibethvilella 9 ай бұрын

How did bodies not smell or decompose?

@jojolove3840 6 ай бұрын

@@lilibethvilella They did smell horrible that is why neighbors that lived near the funeral home were calling in with complaints about the smell and bodies were decomposed they found bodily fluids along with flys, maggots beneath the bodies I cannot imagine the stinch smh

@didymos32 9 ай бұрын

i’m so sorry this is so awful 😞💔

@pitolove3846 9 ай бұрын

Wow. This should be a Capital Offense & accordingly dealt with...

@j.m.9727 9 ай бұрын

I honestly hope the remains in the urn are fake and DON'T belong to anyone because it's very unlikely they'll ever be identified or reunited with their loved ones.

@nichole771 9 ай бұрын

Very disturbing!

@Jennastarot 6 ай бұрын

Sick

@LoloO42 9 ай бұрын

Unforgivable. Google reviews mean nothing now. You can buy 20 5 star reviews for $120. Legally. Buyer beware.

@Xane_Dragon 9 ай бұрын

Right, and they delete the bad ones

@Sum-Ting-Wong71 9 ай бұрын

What makes you think that you have to buy them?

@pedrogriffin1934 9 ай бұрын

How TF do you abuse a corpse?🤔

@solar2k6 9 ай бұрын

This is just crazy

@syndihanson5710 9 ай бұрын

A friend of mine had his best friend cremated, turns out to be he was never cremated, the only way to identify him was he wore a GGG t-shirt. Let Donny rest in peace..

@marks6406 6 ай бұрын

That is a lot of bodies ...... a lot not to be buried and to be there for 4 years that is a long time.

@Nothinglefttosay 9 ай бұрын

I heard about this story about a month ago….. in Australia

@tammiebroggins 9 ай бұрын

So did I. And I live in America

@johnwattdotca 9 ай бұрын

I heard about it in the Niagara Peninsula. I found a dead body.

@jamesmedina3271 9 ай бұрын

Jesus my Lord bring peace to the families ✝️♥️🕊️

@kotexconnection3804 9 ай бұрын

Religion is stupid, just like the fools that follow it

@johnwattdotca 9 ай бұрын

You're not a Christian if you can publish what you did.

@ResearchNational 9 ай бұрын

So you're saying there's a Colorado property for sale?

@tvdinner325 9 ай бұрын

Is this Boebert's new business? Food storage.

@CindyCuison-zf6ww 9 ай бұрын

May all's rest in peace

@user-zm7gk7bj1s 9 ай бұрын

Never trust a business that runs out of an old Pizza Hut 😆

@DuniaHanyaSementara 9 ай бұрын

Crazy 🤯

@bigmonmagoomba9634 9 ай бұрын

I’m surprised they showed the perps. KZfaq goes out of the way to protect their identities on most vids.

@charumathipeach2901 9 ай бұрын

Well, that's not at all true. There are thousands of news stories on KZfaq, that have the photos of perpetrators.

@petermeter8989 9 ай бұрын

Iv heard of a similar story before???

@Nesquick1121 9 ай бұрын

Im lost how ignorance like this gets this kind of money

@Smiley-fv8zi 9 ай бұрын

😢

@oldheadderk8716 9 ай бұрын

Sooo Sad

@viewfromthemoon 9 ай бұрын

OMG

@Deelove-yt4yc 9 ай бұрын

WOW

@Tropic-life 9 ай бұрын

Murderer law enforcement has been in Colorado for a min.

@user-iv1yi6cz7o 9 ай бұрын

WHOSE BODY IS IN THE URN .SHE HAS SOMEONE ELSES LOVED ONE..NOT RIGHT ..SHE SHOULD RETURN THOSE ASHES TO THE PROPER FAMILY..

@theirmom4723 9 ай бұрын

She has not clue who they belong to

@Google-Volunteer-Lobbyist 3 ай бұрын

Vienna Convention of Consular Affairs, according to section 5 consular function. The concern for identity theft and passport fraud becomes a historical issue with legal authority of the state. The Department of the United States needs to determine the ethical agency action with this newsgathering. Does the Department of the U.S. Government have an international commitment with instruments performance by law and the U.S. Constitution? Does the American public need a public information disclosure with the U.S. Congress or Library of Congress by Congressional Research Reports?

@Sum-Ting-Wong71 9 ай бұрын

Well, I guess they saved a whole lot of money on their gas bill.

@fjsotopr 9 ай бұрын

Did yall see their photos ???? Doesn't surprise me at all !!!!

@MikeTyson-ig4vf 9 ай бұрын

Why is that?

@1974fatback 9 ай бұрын

🤖

@VascoZaharra 9 ай бұрын

If it aint' white, it aint right i guess @@MikeTyson-ig4vf

@user-iv1yi6cz7o 9 ай бұрын

RESPECT THE OTHER FAMILY LADY AND RETURN THOSE ASHES..NOT YOUR SONS.

@kriswymer 9 ай бұрын

Kinda makes me think of Night of the Living Dead 3D 2006 where the funeral kept all the bodies & was afraid of the fire so he didn't cremate them. Kept hundreds of them. But for it to happen in real life is sickening. The other is a movie. This is real life. You cant do this to ppl! My gosh. These ppl thought they had their loved one & it wasnt even them. It was nothing. The Halfords were treating their clients like trash. They were not in the job of garbage disposal. Their job was to care for the needs of the living & the dead & the fell very short of that. Down right evil!! I hope they get many years in prison for this. They might have already been dead but that is no excuse to treat them like that way 😢

@andybenson2971 9 ай бұрын

Why would they hold on to all those bodies? Cremation is a relatively cheap process, what did they have to gain?

@Lemuel928 9 ай бұрын

The missing bodies?

@Tropic-life 9 ай бұрын

Spell work...

@supportmytroups7 9 ай бұрын

I’m really confused, what financial gain to they get out of not cremating bodies ?

@supportmytroups7 9 ай бұрын

@@BigHairyCrankis it really that much to burn a body?

@charumathipeach2901 9 ай бұрын

This was just a funeral home. They would have to have sent the bodies to a crematory, to be cremated. That costs money.

@supportmytroups7 9 ай бұрын

@@charumathipeach2901well what kind of plan is that lol. Now they have 200 bodies there

@charumathipeach2901 9 ай бұрын

@@supportmytroups7 well, obviously they didn't have a plan. They were just interested in the money.

@johnwattdotca 9 ай бұрын

@@supportmytroups7 Modern crematoriums aren't just about burning the body. They want to turn everything into dust, or just fragments of bones. Customers save money for smaller urns.

@andiepantss6838 9 ай бұрын

i could of sworn they had a drive through and were selling burgers a year ago.

@totoslifetotochicken3871 9 ай бұрын

So many questions. Why wouldn't they cremate them? Did they just sit in the fridge? Crazy!

@charumathipeach2901 9 ай бұрын

This is a funeral home. They would have to send the bodies to a crematory, to be cremated. That costs money.

@johnwattdotca 9 ай бұрын

@@charumathipeach2901 Are you saying funeral homes can't have their own crematory where you are?

@charumathipeach2901 9 ай бұрын

@@johnwattdotca I'm not certain, but I know this particular one didn't. There are some articles talking about that, and the fact that they were in serious debt to a crematory.

@johnwattdotca 9 ай бұрын

@@charumathipeach2901 That's good to know. I wasn't trying to be sensational. In high school, the son of a funeral home owner took me down to see a dead body. I also found a dead body and held my mothers' arms as her soul transmigrated, so I know what the presence of death can do and how it feels. And I wasn't kidding about the dead body entertainment.

@kevinbrown3158 6 ай бұрын

Ayo, what theeeee fuhhhhhk

@CindyCuison-zf6ww 9 ай бұрын

Sweet sweets Angela angles

@31webseries 9 ай бұрын

Ghouls

@MatthewMorgan25 9 ай бұрын

Anyone that owns a funeral home has problems…

@ajdarko8531 9 ай бұрын

I agree, but it has to be done. Are we to burry our dead in our own yards now?

@msoperator510 9 ай бұрын

@@ajdarko8531 ¿Or perhaps in our own golf course?

@ajdarko8531 9 ай бұрын

@@msoperator510 Op said anyone that owns a funeral home has problems. The only point i was making was, if they all have these "problems," then what services should we be using?

@msoperator510 9 ай бұрын

@ajdarko8531 Oops! Not sure why the first word was there. Have corrected comment, nothing against you. Apologies.

@ajdarko8531 9 ай бұрын

@@msoperator510 no worries 👍