Funeral homeowners accused of giving families fake ashes and leaving 190 bodies to rot plead guilty
The owners of a Coloradofuneral home have pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy after police found 190 decaying bodies in a building at their business from where they sent fake ashes to grieving families.Jon Hallford, 44, and Carie Hallford, 47, operated the “Return to Nature” funeral home, which specialized in “green burials” involving biodegradable containers and urns and not embalming the body.Green burials are legal in Colorado but bodies must be refrigerated if not buried within 24 hours.As part of their fraud scheme, prosecutors say they misled customers into “believing the remains of their loved ones would be buried...
Georgia funeral home owner arrested after deputies find 18 decomposing bodies inside, GBI says
COFFEE COUNTY, Ga. — A Coffee County funeral home owner is in jail after deputies found 18 decomposing bodies while serving an eviction notice. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Chris Johnson, 39, is the owner of Johnson Funeral Home. When deputies served him with the notice Saturday, they found the bodies "in various stages of decomposition."