Corpses had been left to rot for four years in Colorado funeral home – police

Corpses had been left to rot for four years in Colorado funeral home – police
Police say 190 bodies were improperly stored at the funeral home in Colorado (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife were arrested on Wednesday on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four years.

Jon and Carie Hallford were jailed in Oklahoma on a 2.0 million US dollar (£1.63 million) bond on suspicion of four felonies: abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering and forgery – after their arrest in Wagoner, east of Tulsa.

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