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Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 40 years for abusing 189 bodies

Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 40 years for abusing 189 bodies

Jon Hallford, condemned in court as ‘monster’, stashed decaying bodies and gave grieving families fake ashesA Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday.During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares about decomposing flesh and maggots since learning what happened to their loved ones.

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Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 40 years for abusing 189 bodies