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2023-10-09 -Lurid Crime Tales-

[BLAZE] A putrid stench had reportedly emanated from a building in a small town in Colorado for a number of days. When the authorities decided to take a closer look at the "green" funeral operator's storage facility, they made a horrific discovery.

Investigators were slow to reveal what they had discovered inside the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colorado. It appears that the authorities found a total of 115 decaying bodies within the facility, according to the Associated Press.

The report noted that the investigators who usually deal with airline crashes, a number of coroners, and the FBI eventually got involved in the case.

The man in charge of the facility, Jon Hallford, apparently tried to hide the improper storage of corpses, adding that he was doing taxidermy at the facility. However, CP24 reported that Hallford had apparently performed green burials without using embalming chemicals or metal caskets.

Hallford conceded that there was a "problem" on the property. Though the Colorado Office of Funeral Home and Crematory Registration letter did not mention the alleged taxidermy or improper storage of dead bodies, it did mention that Hallford's facility's registration had been out of date since November 2022.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-09 07:47|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 That entire area around Pueblo is basically one meth producing, trailer park living, cousin banging bunch anyway.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-10-09 08:15|| 2023-10-09 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Feb 18, 2023 · Penrose Library in the Pikes Peak Library District closed Saturday after initial screenings for meth contamination in the bathrooms showed levels that were above the state's threshold.

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-10-09 08:32|| 2023-10-09 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ Looks like you can add taxidermy to the list of regional specialties.

Posted by SteveS 2023-10-09 08:46|| 2023-10-09 08:46|| Front Page Top

#4 OK, it lost it funeral permit back in Nov. 2022.

It looked like a vacant building in August 2023 based on Google Street maps.

Given it was previously CKT Enterprises many years ago around 2010/+/- selling custom built modular homes. Note, that's the CKT sign still laying on the ground years later in 2023, years after the funeral home initially opened.

It has to make a person wonder who would want to use it to start with and if these bodies have been waiting months for burial?

Could it be (I'm guessing here) County paid disposal of homeless....

Posted by NN2N1 2023-10-09 09:08|| 2023-10-09 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Penrose is a good 850 miles from Truckee and Donner Pass.... if that helps.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-09 09:12|| 2023-10-09 09:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I’ll like Grandpa posed with this channel changer with his face contorted as if his favorite team just drafted Johnny Manziel in the first round.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-10-09 12:50|| 2023-10-09 12:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Smells worse in Greeley CO.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-09 17:18|| 2023-10-09 17:18|| Front Page Top

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