Colorado Funeral Home Scandal: 25-35 Years for Corpse Abuse

0:00A former funeral homeowner, in Colorado Springs, named Carey Haulford, faces sentencing today for corpse abuse after helping her ex-husband hide nearly. 200 decomposing bodies at their business returned to nature. Under a plea deal, she's looking at 25 to 35 years in prison. Her ex-husband, John Haulford, already got 40 years back in February, with families calling him a monster for letting bodies rot in a bug infested, building south of town, neighbors smelled the stench and tipped off authorities who found the mess piled up everywhere. Victims like Christina Page, whose son David's body sat there for years, have little sympathy for Carey, saying she enabled the horror while handing, outfake ashes to grieving families. The scandal hit amid other shocking cases, like body parts sold in Montrose and remained stashed in a Denver hers. Meanwhile, state officials wrote out big reforms after all this, mandatory inspections, licensing for the first time ever since Colorado was the only.

1:02State without real oversight before. Families now often watch cremations themselves to feel secure. These changes put Colorado in line with other states, but pros admit trust is shattered and it'll take time to rebuild one family at a time. That wraps Canada News Today, brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with The Story.