The sentencing for Jon Hallford, the co-owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home where the bodies of nearly 200 people were discovered in various states of decomposition in October 2023, has been delayed because the judge rejected the plea agreement.

On Friday, Aug. 22, El Paso County District Court Judge Eric Bentley rejected the plea agreement for state charges of corpse abuse, which Jon Hallford, Co-owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home, previously pled guilty to in 2024.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — It’s been two years since nearly 200 decaying bodies were discovered throughout a fetid, room temperature building in rural Colorado. On Friday, the man responsible, a funeral home owner, is set to be sentenced in state court for 191 counts of corpse abuse.