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Return to Nature: Judge rejects Carie Hallford’s state plea deal, 2026 trial
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Return to Nature owner Carie Hallford is heading to trial next year after an El Paso County judge rejected her state plea agreement Monday, a similar ruling in recent months for her co-defendant, Jon Hallford. Carie and Jon Hallford came under a multi-agency investigation in October 2023 after a investigation on their Penrose Return to…
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Family upset after Return to Nature owners Jon, Carrie Hallford offered plea deals
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The owners of the Return to Nature funeral home have been offered a plea deal in their state-level case, according to an email sent to impacted family members and acquired by The Gazette. Jon and Carie Hallford face 286 criminal charges stemming from the discovery of 189 bodies improperly stored at the Return to Nature Funeral…
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Return to Nature purgatory: At least 989 families remain without answers
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In the days after her 33-year-old son, Zach, died in July, 2020, Heather DeWolf started taking a new route to and from work so she could slow-roll by the Colorado Springs funeral home that was handling his final arrangements. She knew the oldest of her three boys, an aspiring author and stand-up comic who favored…
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
