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Colorado funeral home owners who let nearly 190 bodies decay plead guilty to corpse abuse

FILE - This combination of booking photos provided by the Muskogee County, Okla., Sheriff's Office shows Jon Hallford, left, and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home. (Muskogee County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

FILE - This combination of booking photos provided by the Muskogee County, Okla., Sheriff's Office shows Jon Hallford, left, and Carie Hallford, owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home. (Muskogee County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

District Attorney Michael Allen speaks during a news conference after owners of a Colorado funeral home who let nearly 190 bodies decay pleaded guilty to corpse abuse in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

District Attorney Michael Allen speaks during a news conference after owners of a Colorado funeral home who let nearly 190 bodies decay pleaded guilty to corpse abuse in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

FILE - A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Oct. 5, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)

FILE - A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, Oct. 5, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)