The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife have been arrested after the decaying remains of at least 190 people were recently found at the facility. District Attorney Michael Allen said Wednesday that Jon and Carie Hallford were arrested in Wagoner, Oklahoma, on suspicion of four felonies: abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering and forgery.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four years.

  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    8 months ago

    Definitely bizarre and horrible. I wonder why they decided to do this - strapped for cash? Just scammers? How did they expect to get away with just storing bodies in a room? So It would be Colorado Springs.

    I was wondering what these psychos looked like and found this article:

    https://gazette.com/first-green-burial-funeral-home-in-colorado-springs-open-for-business/article_7e2e8c34-4792-5234-ab9d-2db16685a1dc.html

    It’s fulfilling for the Hallfords and Mosley to help people better understand their options and to honor the last wishes of the deceased and their loved ones.

    Oh, sure, I bet. A shame as it’s a decent concept to avoid embalming - pumping people full of formaldehyde that eventually leeches into groundwater is a pretty bad idea.

    • frickineh@lemmy.world
      5·
      8 months ago

      I initially gave them the benefit of the doubt before all the details came out, thinking maybe they just got behind and then things spiralled, but the full list of charges makes me think scammers or a ton of debt. Either way, it seems like this will be the push CO needs to finally start regulating the funeral industry like everyone else does.

    • GiddyGap
      77·
      8 months ago

      Not a Colorado thing. A US thing. Having spent most of my life outside the US, I can tell you that most people in other developed countries often shake their heads in disbelief at US events and news stories. And it’s not getting any better.

        • GiddyGap
          22·
          8 months ago

          Not saying there aren’t crazies in other countries. The nutbag stories originating in the US are just overwhelming in sheer amount.

      • badbytes@lemmy.world
        1·
        8 months ago

        But it seems to be. As a CO resident and native, as progressive as we are as a state we are, we sure have some weirdos.

        • WashedOver@lemmy.ca
          1·
          8 months ago

          I’m often surprised at the amount of backwoods and Racist things I hear about about the state on social media. I’ve visited neighboring states but I’ve not quite made it to CO yet. Hopefully those media pieces are just overblown?