Denver, Colorado — A former funeral home owner at the center of one of the most disturbing funeral industry scandals in recent U.S. history could soon face decades behind bars. Carie Hallford, 48, is scheduled to be sentenced Monday in federal court after admitting to defrauding grieving families and providing fake ashes instead of cremated remains.
Federal prosecutors say Hallford and her ex-husband operated a funeral home where nearly 200 decomposing bodies were discovered inside a building in Colorado Springs in 2023, shocking families who had trusted the business to handle their loved ones with dignity.
“Investigators say families often received urns filled with concrete mix instead of the cremated remains of their loved ones.”…