Overview
- Judge Eric Bentley sentenced Jon Hallford to 40 years in state prison after his December guilty plea to nearly 200 counts of abusing a corpse.
- Investigators found 189 remains stored at room temperature in a Penrose building from 2019 to 2023, and families were given material resembling ashes that officials say was dry concrete.
- Relatives described severe emotional harm after learning the truth, with months-long identifications conducted through fingerprints, DNA, hospital bracelets and medical implants.
- Hallford previously received a 20-year federal sentence for defrauding the government of nearly $900,000 in pandemic aid as authorities detailed lavish spending on vehicles, designer goods and cryptocurrency.
- Co-owner and former wife Carie Hallford faces state sentencing on April 24 after pleading guilty to similar charges, with her federal sentencing scheduled for March 16.