DENVER (KDVR) — A brand new tv present shared the tales of victims affected by the funeral house house owners who pleaded responsible to letting almost 190 our bodies decay on the Return to Nature Funeral House close to Colorado Springs.
“The Curious Case of…” collection aired its first season in January, releasing episodes about sudden prison circumstances and interviews with victims. Lately, the collection aired its fourth episode, “The Funeral House of Horrors,” which appeared into the prison case in Colorado.
“Jon and Carie Hallford’s ‘Return to Nature’ guarantees eco-friendly care however leaves our bodies rotting in filth and provides households concrete instead of ashes. When investigators come calling, the Halfords flee, leaving households demanding justice and solutions,” reads the HBO Max abstract of the episode.
The episode begins with a lady yelling, “What did you do with my son,” at Jon whereas he walks alongside a avenue. The remainder of the episode dives into the main points of the case, together with movies of the crime scene, an interview with a authorized skilled and individuals who knew the house owners, the proprietor’s lives and social media posts, and particulars about a number of of the victims affected.
The episode comes after the Hallfords pleaded responsible in November 2024 to 191 counts of corpse abuse for the our bodies discovered decaying and two situations the place the incorrect our bodies have been buried.
The circumstances devastated tons of of households. Many realized their little one’s or mother or father’s stays weren’t within the ashes they obtained, however as a substitute decaying, generally for 4 years, in a bug-infested constructing, oftentimes stacked atop one another.
The present interviewed a number of victims, together with the households who selected to ship their family members to the funeral house just for the our bodies to be discovered within the investigation. The victims included a brother and the moms of the deceased who spoke on the belief they put into the funeral house house owners. Nevertheless, they have been left heartbroken.
The 42-minute episode ends with a wrap-up of the case, together with the funeral house house owners’ responsible plea to corpse abuse and federal fraud, in addition to laws handed in Colorado since, together with a invoice requiring routine inspections of Colorado funeral properties.
The complete episode might be considered on Discovery Plus, HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime and several other different streaming platforms.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
