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Booking photos provided by the Muskogee County, Okla., Sheriff's Office shows Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found.

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Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a Colorado funeral home, FBI says

8:24am January 12, 2024

by The Associated Press

Investigators at a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered human remains, bodily fluids, flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified.

The Return to Nature funeral home is marked off with police tape on Oct. 6 in Penrose, Colo.

Colorado funeral home owners arrested following the discovery of 190 decaying bodies

1:50pm November 08, 2023

by Emily Olson

Police searched the Return to Nature funeral home after receiving reports of an "abhorrent smell." The owners are now facing charges of theft, forgery, money laundering and the abuse of a corpse.

The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado, officials said Tuesday, Oct. 17.

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Nearly 200 bodies recovered from a Colorado funeral home accused of improper storage

3:17pm October 19, 2023

by Emily Olson

Police were called to the Return to Nature Funeral Home earlier this month after receiving reports of a strong odor. What they found inside was "horrific," the county sheriff said.

An example of an all-natural, biodegradable casket is arranged by Larkspur Conservation's executive director, John Christian Phifer

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Tennessee 'Natural' Burial Ground Will Offer A Simpler Farewell — Casket Optional

8:16am March 11, 2018

Larkspur Conservation features trails, picnic tables, a meadow — and, soon, "natural" burial plots. The founders hope the space will offer a more meaningful and less expensive way to say goodbye.