Funeral home owners who ‘stored bodies’ expected to plead guilty to Covid fraud

A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)

US funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly 900,000 dollars in Covid-19 pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly stashing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, are expected to plead guilty to fraud charges.

Jon and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home in the state of Colorado, have been charged with 15 offences related to defrauding the US government and the funeral home’s customers.