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Colorado judge rejects plea deal for funeral director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

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Jon Hallford owned and operated Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado Springs with his wife, Carie

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  1. NBC4 Washington

    Colorado judge rejects plea deal for funeral director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    Jon Hallford owned and operated Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado Springs with his wife, Carie

  2. New York Post

    Colorado judge slaps down plea deal for funeral home owner who confessed to abusing 191 corpses (opens New York Post)

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    A Colorado judge rejected a plea deal from funeral home owner Jon Hallford, who admitted to abusing 191 corpses.

  3. The Guardian

    Colorado judge rejects plea deal for funeral home owner in corpse abuse case (opens The Guardian)

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    Jon Hallford, with wife Carie, took money for cremations only to stash decaying bodies without families’ knowledge

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