The owners of a Penrose funeral home accused of improperly storing 190 decaying bodies inside their business while promising families their loved ones were cremated or buried, pleaded guilty to state charges Friday.

Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing 190 decaying bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse. Jon and Carie Hallford entered the plea on Friday.

Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford, who owned Return to Nature Funeral Home, pleaded guilty to 190 counts of corpse abuse, the Colorado Gazette, CBS News, and multiple other news outlets reported. Authorities began investigating the Hallfords in October 2023.

Jon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature Funeral Home, began storing bodies in a decrepit building, and gave families dry concrete in place of cremated remains

Jon and Carie Hallford pleaded guilty to corpse abuse after dozens of decaying bodies were found at their funeral home.

The married co-owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decomposing bodies were found pleaded guilty Friday to corpse abuse.

Over the years, the funeral home owners spent extravagantly, prosecutors say. They used customers’ money and nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds to buy laser body sculpting, fancy cars, and trips to Las Vegas and Florida.