"It is my personal belief that every one of us, every human being, is basically good at the core, but we live in a world that tests that belief every day, and, Mr Hallford, your crimes are testing that belief," Bentley said."
"I had so many chances to put a stop to everything and walk away, but I did not," he said."
"Clearly this is a crime motivated by greed," prosecutor Shelby Crow said."
Jon Hallford, owner of a Colorado funeral home, stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and supplied grieving families with fake ashes. Judge Eric Bentley sentenced Hallford to 40 years in state prison and called the harm unspeakable and faith-testing. Family members reported recurring nightmares about decomposing flesh and maggots and urged the maximum sentence. Hallford apologized and acknowledged repeated chances to stop. His co-owner and former wife, Carie Hallford, faces 25 to 35 years and a sentencing date in April after both pleaded guilty to nearly 200 counts of corpse abuse. Court records show lavish spending funded by customer fees.
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