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Funeral Home Owner Faces Sentencing for Body Storage Scandal

2/6/2026

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Colorado funeral home owner Jon Hallford faces sentencing for storing nearly 200 decaying bodies over four years.
The Hallfords also defrauded the federal government of nearly $900,000 in pandemic aid.
Investigators discovered the bodies in October 2023 after odor complaints.
Derrick Johnson learned from the FBI that the ashes he buried were not his mother's.
Johnson plans to speak at Hallford's sentencing, seeking the maximum penalty.

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Colorado funeral home owner Jon Hallford faces sentencing for storing nearly 200 decaying bodies over four years.
The Hallfords also defrauded the federal government of nearly $900,000 in pandemic aid.
Investigators discovered the bodies in October 2023 after odor complaints.
Derrick Johnson learned from the FBI that the ashes he buried were not his mother's.
Johnson plans to speak at Hallford's sentencing, seeking the maximum penalty.