This one is intense guys so here's your PSA. The Return to Nature Funeral Home was searched and raided in 2023 and first responders made a horrific discovery. 190 dead human bodies, 8 inches of human decomposition sludge on the floor and the owners..... well, no where to be found. 

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Sources: 
 https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/return-to-nature-funeral-home-colorado-woman-cremation-betrayal-trust-improperly-stored-bodies-found/ 

https://forms.fbi.gov/seeking-victim-information-in-return-to-nature-funeral-home-investigation

 https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/10/22/after-189-bodies-were-found-colorado-funeral-home-evidence-suggests-families-received-fake-ashes/ 

https://krdo.com/news/2024/02/23/who-are-jon-and-carie-hallford-owners-of-penrose-funeral-home-return-to-nature/ 

https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/ids-the-curious-case-of-the-funeral-home-of-horrors-recap/ 

https://www.kktv.com/2024/04/17/i-dont-really-feel-any-closure-tearful-victims-remark-while-return-nature-funeral-home-gets-torn-down/\ 

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/what-did-you-do-with-my-son-mother-calls-out-funeral-home-owner-who-allegedly-gave-families-fake-ashes/ 

https://sentinelcolorado.com/state-and-region-news/relatives-watch-as-the-penrose-funeral-owners-accused-of-mishandling-190-remains-appear-in-court/  

https://returntonaturecolorado.info/index.php/latest-news/case-updates 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/23/funeral-home-owners-hallford-plead-guilty-corpse-abuse/76530433007/ 

https://casetext.com/regulation/colorado-administrative-code/department-1000-department-of-public-health-and-environment/division-1006-center-for-health-and-environmental-data-1006-1009-series/rule-5-ccr-1006-1-vital-statistics/section-5-ccr-1006-1-8-final-disposition-of-a-body-or-dead-fetus-section-25-2-111-crs#:~:text=Any%20dead%20body%20kept%20more,or%20person%20acting%20as%20such. https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/04th_Judicial_District/El_Paso/Hallford%20Jon/Hallford%20Jon%20-%20affi_%20reduced.pdf 

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-funeral-home-owners-jon-hallford-carie-hallford-return-nature-penrose-190-improperly-stored-bodies-found-plead-guilty-corpse-abuse/ 

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/colorado-funeral-home-arrest-covid-fraud-b2529699.html 

https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/return-to-nature-funeral-home-co-owners-plead-guilty-to-state-charges-friday 

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-5165191/funeral-home-owners-fraud-plead-guilty-colorado 

https://www.denver7.com/news/southern-colorado/therapeutic-justice-return-to-nature-funeral-home-victims-families-testify-thursday-in-honor-of-loved-ones 

https://www.cpr.org/2024/05/24/three-bills-to-regulate-colorados-funeral-industry-signed/ 

https://www.fox21news.com/top-stories/disturbing-details-revealed-in-court-about-return-to-nature-funeral-home-case/?ipid=promo-link-block3 

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/fbi-agents-testify-stacked-bodies-penrose-funeral-home-co-owner-carie-hallford-colorado-court/ 

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24548698/hallford-indictment.pdf 

https://krdo.com/news/2023/10/13/i-just-want-this-to-be-over-families-awaiting-answers-in-colorado-funeral-home-investigation/ 

https://digitaledition.baltimoresun.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=3c62cc52-839c-48b8-9696-63acd3dffe74 https://digitaledition.baltimoresun.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=3c62cc52-839c-48b8-9696-63acd3dffe74 

https://www.newsweek.com/i-thought-they-cremated-my-son-four-years-later-fbi-called-1899331

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