DENVER — A federal trial date for Return to Nature Funeral House co-owner Carie Hallford was reset to Sept. 8, 2025.
Her husband, Jon Hallford’s sentencing date is about for June 27, 2025. The couple is accused of improperly storing 190 our bodies on the funeral dwelling in Penrose.
Background info
A federal choose ordered a change in a plea settlement for the Return to Nature funeral co-owners. Jon Hallford agreed to these adjustments, however Carie Hallford didn’t, that means her federal case will head to trial.
WATCH: Return to Nature co-owner Carie Hallford’s federal case heading to trial
In October 2024, the Hallfords agreed to plead responsible to 1 depend of wire fraud, every in change for a sentence of between 78 months and 15 years.
WATCH: Return to Nature Funeral House homeowners settle for federal plea deal in courtroom
Final week, the choose ordered the Hallfords to return to courtroom to determine if they are going to proceed to plead responsible, even though Carie Hallford will rejecti the sentencing vary within the unique settlement.
Decide Nina Y. Wang stated the phrases of the deal didn’t permit for her to impose a jail sentence based mostly within the public’s curiosity. Attorneys for Jon Hallford filed an objection that the courtroom rejected.
The choose stated the Hallfords both needed to agree to just accept an amended model of the plea deal that might permit for a harder sentence, or withdraw their responsible plea, and go to trial.
Return to Nature funeral dwelling: Carie Hallford’s federal trial reset to September
Underneath the phrases of the brand new settlement, the choose will not be sure to condemn inside the earlier vary, and the defendant cannot change a plea based mostly on the size of the sentence. Moreover, the defendant cannot attraction solely on the size of the sentence.
Overview the total timeline of the creating occasions of the Return to Nature Funeral House beneath:
