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Hallfords of Return to Nature Funeral Home booked into El Paso jail

BY SAVANNAH ELLER savannah.eller@gazette.com

Both Jon and Carie Hallford have been booked into the El Paso County jail as of Wednesday.

Co-owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, the Hallfords were arrested earlier this month in Oklahoma after an investigation was opened into a Penrose building connected to the couple in which nearly 200 bodies were found improperly stored in October.

The Hallfords were arrested on suspicion of abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering and forgery, according to the FBI.

The couple are expected to face felony charges related to the building, where officials found “abhorrent conditions,” including bodies dating back to 2019 and “human decomposition fluids and insects lined the floors,” according to an arrest affidavit.

Carie Hallford was booked into the jail on Tuesday and attended a video advisement Wednesday in which her $2 million bond was upheld. Her first court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 5.

Jon Hallford was booked into jail a day later, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.

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