Investigators have a difficult task on their hands now, beginning the gruesome work of removing more than a hundred people’s bodies, left at what was said to be a “natural” funeral home. At least one state legislator says its owners should face criminal charges…
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As the operation began, to remove more than 115 bodies left inside the funeral home “Return to Nature,” the situation inside was said to be so bad, investigators even had to scrub down their hazmat suits, before calling in the FBI. Republican state Representative Matt Soper (SOHP-uhr) has called for years, for at least some strengthening of Colorado funeral regulations. Soper helped make abuse of a corpse a felony in the state, and he says what’s happened at Penrose fits that definition…
231010 M Soper- not what’s expected :13 Q:…to behave…
Court records show “Return to Nature” owners John Halford and his wife Carrie are in major debt, too. A coffin supplier has sued them for more than 20 thousand dollars, and a real estate firm says they owe it over 97 thousand in rent.
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Republican state Representative Matt Soper says the legislature must regulate funeral home operators like the Halfords. Colorado is the only state that doesn’t…
231010 M Soper- laws are needed :08 Q:…in that direction…
The FBI says it now has questions for families whose relatives’ remains went to “Return to Nature.” It wants to know whether the people who died had tattoos or medical devices, and it’s seeking the names of their dentists, to help identify all the bodies.