Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a neglected Colorado funeral home, FBI agent says

DENVER — Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor, and flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified Thursday. Prosecutors also revealed text messages sent between the funeral home’s owners showing they were under growing financial pressures and had fears that they would be caught for mishandling the bodies. “It looked like something you’d like to forget but can’t,” Cohen said during a hearing for one of the funeral home’s co-owners. In a 2020 exchange, Jon Hallford messaged his wife that they needed to begin “restoring the building in Penrose” and appeared to suggest various ways to get rid of the bodies, according to Kevin Clark, an investigator with the district attorney’s office.