The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an estimate of about 115 when the bodies were discovered.
The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 when the decaying and improperly stored bodies were discovered two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday. The remains were found by authorities responding to a report of an “abhorrent smell” inside a dilapidated building at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in the small town of Penrose, about 100 miles south of Denver.
A day after the odor was reported, the director of the state office of Funeral Home and Crematory registration spoke on the phone with owner Jon Hallford. He tried to conceal the improper storage of corpses in Penrose, acknowledged having a “problem” at the site and claimed that he practiced taxidermy there, according to an order from state officials dated Oct. 5. Attempts to reach Hallford, his wife, Carie, and Return to Nature have been unsuccessful.
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