Officials give update on arrest of Colorado funeral home owners
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- The couple who owns a Penrose funeral home where at least 189 bodies were improperly stored were arrested in Oklahoma on numerous charges, including abuse of a corpse, theft, and money laundering, the Fourth Judicial District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday morning.
A court date for John and Carie Hallford in El Paso County will be set once they're extradited back to Colorado.
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Absolutely disgusting. I hope they get the maximum penalties for each person violated. Why can't people just be honest and honorable in their personal and business relationships...SMH
But you don't even know what they are accused of exactly? Obviously they mistreated people's loved ones but in what way? Sexualy? Selling body parts? That will determine the degree of their depravity. If they were not cremation the bodys to save money and giveing family members wood ashes, that's different then selling body parts, or sexualy abusing bodys. These details matter alot. In fact they determine how hard of a sentence they get
Money
On a good note. An old lady rang our local FD asking him to sell her car when she died to pay her funeral cost and then keep the change. He did. He spent the 'change' on beautiful flowers which he regularly laid on her grave until it ran out.
Such disrespect for the dead and their families, who have to grieve all over again for their loved ones. These people are disgusting examples of those who walk among us. Conning people in their time of grief is abhorrent!!!!
The most heinous example of incompetence, and hubris I’ve ever read about EVER! I like the way the Attorney said they have the presumption of innocence. I don’t know HOW anyone can be on that jury and not know about this case. Shocking is an understatement.
They should have inspectors that go to all funeral homes at least once a month , to make sure they are following the rules . Restaurants have health inspectors that regularly check for cleanliness and other safety precautions . They should be doing this at funeral homes.
Abuse of a Corpse is a low level felony? Money laundering and fraudulent filing of paperwork are low level felonies??? WTF
I know your thoughts and mine were the same. Our country needs a good cleaning of laws that are out of date, proven to be one time things, and absurdly incorrect comparing the crime and the laws.
I know it is time consuming and people are struggling but with all the extra time my fellow old folk have, perhaps they can join minds to lead Lady Justice down a more realistic path.
Prayers for the families that thought their loved were interred or at rest. I hope these people are haunted by the hurt and devastation they caused.
I want to thank the officials dealing with this horrific discovery. I can't imagine the discovery and processing of the bodies and the shock by all having to help the loved ones. Although I discovered my best friend who died in her sleep, the sheer number of bodies found is something out of a nightmare. I have never gotten over the trauma and I know this has changed the lives of everyone touched by it. Blessings and peace to you all as well as a huge thank you for being so caring.
Please help everyone involved in this horrific situation. Lord help these families!
What situation?? Worse press conference ever. They never even said what is going on. What a bad job and it's unfortunate THIS is the video being shown to people. I never heard anything about this place before this video and it's very messy of them to have not at least given a brief explanation.
WHAT IS THE SITUATION? it could be anything? Sexual shit. Selling body parts. Satanic shit. Selling body's illegaly
Amen. 🙏 🙏
@@Em22-wtf Read the description for more information.
Funeral homes need to held to a higher standards and Inspections by the regulation
Of funeral homes
There needs to be more State and Federal oversight of the Funeral Industry.
This includes intermittent Inspections of Funeral Homes.
This situation is just unbelievable.
There are some really sick people out there !!!
The neighborhood smelled death and reported it.
I caused a fuss in our neighborhood in the city because I complained about the smell from a local abandoned house. I've been a farm girl....that wasn't a dead deer. The neighbors thought I was just being gross. The police found the body of the dead homeless person inside. Yes, it's gross. REPORT IT.
I hadn't heard of this.. where were they keeping these bodies and why were they doing this.?? How horrible for the families of the 189 bodies found.
I ❤ Mr. Allen, if anyone can bring justice to these families 😢 it is him. My prayers to the families, friends, and others, who loved and cared for these deceased person's. They were human beings whom deserved respect in death as do their living families and friends. My prayers to any and
Everyone affected by this horrible situation. Also prayers to Mr. Allen for the work he has ahead him.🙏🙏🙏🙏😓😓😓😓
This is the exact reason I took a mortuary science when I was 18 I'm now 60 and cannot believe this is still happening!
What were they planning to do with all these bodies? This is so messed up 😢
Some had died four years ago, so they'd moved those bodies between the 3 or 4 different business sites they had, as they moved premises, I'm pretty sure I heard they weren't paying rent so had to keep moving. Disgusting people
Once a dead human body begins to decompose. The smell will make you sick to your stomach. That smell is 100X stronger than an elephant. It's horrible. You will never forget that smell in a million years.
How did authorities even find out about this bizarre situation?? I can't imagine finding this out after you trusted them with one of your loved ones funeral / burial. So tragic. 💔
The neighborhood smelled death and reported it.
@@marjiaadamskia1163 No way. I didn't even know that part about the urns having concrete mix. Wow, a new low.
@@marjiaadamskia1163 Yes it was the smell. When the families who had loved ones that had been served by this place started thinking about things they started to question if one of their own was still there. Which helps explain why families seemed to be non caring in this situation. They thought everything promised had been done.
@@marjiaadamskia1163I was told that cremains should weigh what the person weighed when they were born.
@@teresadragstream8648 that’s the news report I saw, odor.
In the worst time of your life, these scumbags rob you blind. What horrible horrible people. Poor families. I just lost my wife, I can't imagine knowing she was stacked up like cordwood with other bodies. BEcause...greed.
Sickening that people can do this, they need many years in jail.
I WENT THROUGH THIS SAME SITUATION IN GA. THE CREAMATORY PUT THE BODIES IN THE WOODS AND BUILDINGS. THE OWNER GOT 10 YEARS AND IS NOW OUT. GOD WILL GET VENGEANCE 1 DAY.
This is inhuman. God bless these families. Makes us wonder if we had this done
I know 😢
It’s COMPLETELY HUMAN!!
If this couple is found guilty as charged, then given only probation as a a form of punishment, well, the court system would be condoning their evil criminal activity. They are also enabling them to go out into the world and do more heinous crimes.
They should all be in JAIL FOR LIFE 💯💯
I think governments should intervene. Concerning how funeral homes behave. Their work practices, the amount of money they charge vulnerable grieving families. I speak more for the UK! 🙁 Something has to be done. Its like a free for all.😢
I’m glad they are taking actions!
Colorado has had a lot of problems with funeral homes in the last 30 years
I live in Oklahoma and I pray Oklahoma will allow these people to be taken to Colorado to be charged. This is awful and needs to be taken to an end for the families of the people's bodies that were treated awful - and no other way!!! These folks would have to be monsters to do what is said. AWFUL> Demonic I say! This will make so many people wonder - have their family been treated like this. I would be so scared at this time to have my family member taken to a funeral home. They had to see these people's bodies not taken care of and their family thinking they were in their graves!!! Oh my gosh! I buried my two sons in 1999 - makes me want to have them removed from their graves to make sure they really are there! Well, I know the people who handled their funerals were good folks - but the families of these bodies thought the same thing of what happened to their family members. Sorry - to to go. God bless these families. I pray for their hurt to be removed and definitely an end to this horror that has come into their lives.
Sorry for the loss of your sons. 😢
Committing crimes against the dead, these people are sick 😮
So many prayers goes out to those family members and their loved ones 🙏 ❤️
Im so confused on what happened.. this is the first rime hearing anything... i dont watch tv at all.. all i have is my phone, and i came across this just now
Just terrible. I couldn't even come close to imagining that situation or being involved in finding and clearing it up. Damn. The poor loved ones having to deal with this.
I cant believe what greed has done to people Prayers & Love to the families ✝️🙏💜
Wtf is going on in Colorado???
Worst conference I've ever watched. They never even said what happened and why they were even looking into the funeral home... If someone (like myself) never heard of this case, they have no CLUE what is going on.
How absurd they'd just start talking and never mentioned what they're even talking about.
I mean, I know not EVERYONE is as awesome as Grady Judd, but ffs, even the most minimal of conferences as least mentions why they're there for anyone who comes across this and doesn't know 🙄
This is horrendous!! Funeral homes usually charge a very high price ten thousand and up!.I wonder if this could happened during the "lock down" Covid period??
Even if it did, that’s no excuse.
They said 2019-today, which obviously stopped happening before today.
I live in El Paso county… Disgusting Humans!!
I am sorry to the loved ones and families. I hope they get the justice for their 💕 ones.
Also can we quit calling quit calling THEM bodies! One of the funeral directors that trained me always referred to THEM as LOVED ONES!
Hopefully Colorado will now finally have oversite and regulation over their funeral industry. Directors have been trying to tell them for years which fell on deaf ears. Prayers for all first responders, families and anyone impacted by this horrible horrible tragedy
I doubt that. It’s a blue state. They don’t care unless they’re getting a kickback.
It's appreciated that the different agencies involved want to hold a newscast to do an update, but could someone, anyone, from the news channel PLEASE aim at least ONE MICROPHONE on the news people in the AUDIENCE who are asking questions that NO ONE can barely hear what they are asking to be answered????? Has anybody else noticed this occurring with various other news briefings?? Neither TV audiences nor audiences on CZcams ever hear the questions asked of officials to understand better what's going on. All this education between officials and news journalists and nobody thinks of aiming a microphone towards the audience to hear the questions asked. Thanks.
Agreed It's annoying.
What am I missing here. 2019-2023, how is it that there are more than, what? 190 bodies/remains in a building for that long and the loved ones don't know? I don't understand.
The families were provided with false paperwork and urns with fake ashes to make it appear that each decedent had been cared for. The families had no reason to suspect otherwise.
This is about as low as you can go hope they get 25 years
What did the funeral home do? Press Conference doesn't say!
Every funeral home in the United States needs to under go a monthly inspection or at least every 3 months. This is incomprehensible.
District Attorney: We arrested these people because we presume them to be innocent. That's just a little bit confusing. Also, out of about 200 deceased, weren't there family members wanting a burial service or inquiring where their family member's remains were disposed of? No one noticed the smell near the building? Just some crazy stuff associated with this case.
Not if you believed that your loved ones ashes were in the run that they have you back, I believe this case probably deals with loved ones that weren't cremated, otherwise if these people buried caskets empty and didn't do the embalming process to cut corners then it's worse than I thought. They may have done both but with the name "back to nature" at first I thought this was some green burial facility but evidently not and it's sad that they used a name like that if what they've allegedly done is true
20 minutes and there is no description of what had happened.
No funeral ? No family? No mourners? No body ? No grave? NO WONDER
Oh boy. You never EVER disrespect the dead. Ever.
That took FAR TOO long. Maybe Colorado should be concerned about it's residents and not foreigners and Trump. This is demented on too many levels and should have NEVER COME TO THIS!
Pls
I am from Washington State. What did they do to the bodies?
The stored them incorrectly and did not cremate them or identify them. They were found just stacked up in a building that was not fit to house this many deceased bodies.
Greed.
If they are innocent until proven guilty and you won't give detail of the arrest then why have a press conference at all. It prejudices the defendants case even if they state that the defendants are innocent til proven guilty. Pointless unless they want to taint the defenses case.
Welcome to America's legal system...a sham, totally broken, totally illegal. I'm not taking sides in any way, this is just how it is. Stupid huh?
The point of the press conference is to let the public know the arrest was made. We see this in murder cases everyday.
@@nina2hansenof course I totally get the gag on this case
I believe these people are already tainted by their own actions ~~ and inactions
@@nina2hansen We also see that it will be almost impossible for them to get a fair trial. Remember innocent until proven guilty. That has become a rhetorical statement and a joke.
ALMIGHTY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US ALL
If it’s a regular person they show the mug shot list the allegations and never say 100 times innocent until proven guilty or seal everything. We all need a job in the public sector.
That's why I said these pricks will only get ' probation ' out of this , and possibly some ' slap on the wrist ' jail time when these Low life jackals OUGHT to spend 50 years in Prison !!!!! We have ' double standards at Work here !!!!
I'm an Oklahoman, and this has always been a nightmare if someone didnt do right by a loved one or myself. I'd rather be buried in 24 hrs without embombing!!
But if you do not have facts how can you arrest people for suspicious 😂😂😂
They have the facts they're just not making it known to the public until they are back and their state and properly arraigned
Still can't wrap my brain around this.
Why would "innocent" people be under arrest and charged with crimes for which they will be prosecuted? Seems more logical to be considered guilty until proven innocent.
Yes, that is more logical. 4 percent of people in jail are innocent and have no idea why law enforcement would want to put them in. Innocent until proven guilty is a myth.
To a Communist, perhaps. There are very good reasons for the presumption of innocence, until PROVEN GUILTY by a court of law. Do some reading!
@@painmt651I'm not going to do some reading. Some of the things in books are bull, and innocent until proven guilty is a myth.
You do realize that you live in America don’t you?
No. Innocence must be what is presumed, not guilt. Then the burden is ALWAYS to prove a person's guilt while we presume their innocence until then. Otherwise as in some middle eastern nations, anyone could lie & easily accuse anyone of wrongdoing intending them harm by that presumption.
If someone gives you food to eat & says it is good/yummy cake. You do not decide NOT to eat it because you believe it really is toxic garbage. .. Not if you are hungry for the TRUTH. INSTEAD, you would presume it is cake & carefully examine it's substance - testing appearance, type of ingredients & amounts, etc and then BECAUSE MAN IS HUNGRY FOR TRUTH, a judgement will be made... kinda' so we can have our cake & eat it too, lol, we starve ourselves of the pleasure of any goodness by 'presuming' it is bad & never eating. Sorry, just made that up. Silly power of positive thinking...
What happened at this funeral home???????
Hold the phone.... are they saying there were 190 bodies just decomposing at this funeral home? Why weren't they buried or cremated?
That’s the million dollar question.
THAT would have cost money. They were keeping ALL the money for themselves.
Every state in America needs to establish strict ethical guidelines for funeral homes as well as internment in cemeteries. Colorado is not the only state where this is happening. Missing corpes and headstones have been reported as well. My heart goes out to the families. God give them strength.
My thoughts and prayers to every family that entrusted their loved ones to these individuals.
The horror and unfathomed grief is inconceivable.
May the 190 individuals be identified and be given the care and respect they deserve.
Without doubt, the arrested individuals are guilty of such a despicable crime and deserve too never see the light of day.
There can be no true justice for the victims of such a crime.
ABSOLUTE EVIL !
They MIGHT GET PROBATION? ARE U KIDDING!!!!
If this is the same case i heard about someone had reported the smell and notified authoritys. A you tuber went to the funeral and he said the smell still coming out of the building was so bad he had to move quite a distance away. He said these loved ones were not buried or cremated because they didn't have the money for the serviced so the owners just let them pile up. The funeral industry is getting worse because most families can't afford to pay $9,000. Down here if you don,t have money they put you on a body bag & a carboard box and put that in the ground. Pure disrespect to human beings.
Don't you love how they determine who is innocent until proven guilty for major felonies but if you get pulled over for a traffick violation they violate all of your constitutional rights. Does anyone else see the loopholes created for the 2 tier justice system? It's a great big club and you're not in it.
Come on Colorado get your act together,
Since presumption of innocence is something we're all familiar with why do we need the reminders? I think it's because they have such great evidence
Yes, evidence presented to the Prosecutor is often determined to show the defendant is HIGHLY SUSPECT..
yet still presumed innocent w/o trial proving otherwise.
What izzit with central CO?! In Colorado Springs years ago, my Dad's ashes were never sent to the VA cemetery from a funeral home there. As it turned out, the director had hundreds of "clients" stashed in storage units around town, never buried.
If this is true, this is despicable behavior. My heart goes out to all the families.
So bizarre!
Were they harvesting organs?
that was my first thought too
And if so I wonder if doctors were involved
Of course not!! Dead organs can't be harvested for reuse. Unless, of course, the reuse is for consumption. 🤮
If so would that be for research purposes ?
Organs could not be recovered after death. Possibly tissue (skin) though? It has happened before, in Colorado, from my understanding years ago.
Prayers of comfort. God so loved the world that He gave His only Son (Jesus Christ) that whoever believes in Him will not die but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Receive Christ and believe today the consequences are eternal!
All funeral homes must be visiting from OSHA and public health, too, making sure death are not mistreated and violated their body. An exmp, illegal photos, and others gross mistreatment...
Where were the Inspectors ? The Paper Pushers ? The general and professional hacks of the State ? Who was supposed to mind the store ?
Who dropped the ball ? Who took the Bribes ? Who turned their backs?
THESE are the questions that need to be answered because in America the rules for Making money outweigh the rules of law .
Im just glad that you are better people than me
The depravity of some people is amazing i dont know how they sleep at night.
Love, light and blessings to all involved in their service of this crime! Prayers up In Jesus name!
Alas the best of a vision ending in the worst of disrespect.
Im thinking all of the victims were be cremated. This happens more then you want to know..the Funeral Home stops renting the service either because businesse is slow or corruption. Some sell to medical science.
I told my husband to Please make sure I get stuffed into the hopper! 😒
In another report, a lady said her deceased father was shipped to Saudi Arabia to be made into a "plastic display." Is there any chance of getting his body back for a proper funeral?
WTF a plastic display I don't understand that but it's sick
@@rickwhite3181 It could be a genuine instructional aid for med students, or something much worse. About 10 years ago some outfit was touring the country with an exhibit of plasticized corpses posed as though they were engaged in everyday activities such as playing ball, cooking, etc. First the operators claimed it was anatomical instruction for ticket buyers, since all the bodies had been skinned and surgically opened, but they finally admitted it was their idea of "art."
@@rickwhite3181 it's also a bs lie.
The 'Bodyworlds' exhibit. Google Dr Gunther Von Hagens and Plastination. Essentially they take donated bodies and treat them with chemicals to turn them into plastic. It could be the whole body, or it could be skinned showing the muscles and blood vessels or it could just be organs. The research was originally done to make real 'models' of the body and in particular show things like cancer and other diseases and their effect on the body, making teaching aids for medical students. Then it became 'art' touring museums all over the world and that's when it became really gross IMO. They got in trouble for using bodies donated by the Chinese government, as in political prisoners. @@rickwhite3181
What happened?
Yes self defense. I doubt she intended to kill her. Where were the wounds on the body? How many shots fired at her?
They seem to be convinced all the bodies belong to customers, I'm not. 😕
I wonder if they are tied with those other ladies that just got arrested for selling body parts
FBI must leading into overseen all funeral homes higher standard in entire country and it's territory in that respect...
Was FJB one of the corpses?
just what in the world make these people think this was ok???????
Prayers for these families,
Really a possibility of probation wow
And the point of this coverage only to state the individuals are arrested.
Props Randy Keller for saying Loved ones!❤
Low level felonies? Let's hope Jesus is at the wheel on this prosecution. What an actual horror!
What is going on here?
Ive personally watched documentaries about this subject years back. These people are lying to your face when they say how shocked they are and how hard theyre working to investigate this topic. Theyre only investigating because they know theyre in the limelight now as well. Theyre collapsing under the weight of covering these crimes and just ignoring complaints from affected families for so long.
I wonder how they going to spend this so these Devils can get off
Be witchery is weakness.
If a person is "presumed innocent until proven guilty," then how can the prosecutor arrest them? The truth is they are presumed guilty until proven otherwise. That is how it really works so, why sugar coat it?
The Prosecutor looks at the evidence before trial & determines person(s) are "suspect". They are charged with the crime & arrested under "suspicion" of guilt, not under "presumption" of guilt.
They are "presumed" innocent as defendants and the prosecution must present the evidence in a court of law for trial to prove the defendant's guilt, not just 'suspect' it any longer. It is the prosecution's burden to prove the guilt by trial & presentation of the evidence...
BUT with each bit of evidence the prosecution has to present as proof of guilt, the defendant has the RIGHT to show it's invalidity through their RIGHT to legal attorney representation & to a court trial by law..
The SUSPECT'S presumption of innocence is maintained until the trial is completed & a final judgement is made after proving guilt... or not.
IF guilt is NOT proven according to court/trial laws, the defendant is no longer suspected by law & is relieved of charges of the crime & is free to go... If they are neither found guilty NOR any longer held SUSPECT.
A prosecution has a RIGHT to suspect etc to bring the charges, but no one can presume guilt until proven in court trial... & at that trial time, it can be very ambiguous, back & forth until ALL the evidence is presented & a final judgement is then made.
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