'Bad behavior has significant consequences,” the attorney representing families in a class-action lawsuit says. The remains of nearly 200 people were found at the Return to Nature Funeral Home.
A hearse and van sit outside the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., on Oct. 6, 2023. On Monday, a judge ordered the funeral home’s owners, Carie and Jon Hallford, to pay $950 million to families whose loved ones' remains were mishandled.
On Monday, a judge ordered the funeral home’s married owners, Carie and Jon Hallford, to pay $950 million to families whose loved ones’ remains were mishandled. While families can attempt to collect what they’re owed under the settlement, Swan added, “It is unlikely that the defendants have any significant assets, unfortunately.”after an apparent attempt to flee what became a growing list of federal and state criminal charges. The couple are accused of theft, fraud, abusing corpses, laundering money and forging documents, along with abusing the COVID-19 pandemic relief fund.
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