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Fremont County deputies guard the road leading to the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Authorities said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs 鈥済reen鈥� burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)

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

January 12, 2024 at 8:27 a.m.

Prosecutors also revealed text messages sent between the funeral home鈥檚 owners showing they were under growing financial pressures and had fears that they would be caught for mishandling the bodies.

James Glidewell walks past the Return To Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Authorities said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs 鈥済reen鈥� burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)

Colorado funeral home owner accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies may be close to leaving jail

January 5, 2024 at 8:10 a.m.

In November, police arrested Jon Hallford and his wife, Carie Hallford, in Oklahoma after they allegedly fled Colorado to avoid prosecution. They are accused of abusing corpses, stealing, laundering money...

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Police investigating incidents involving Colorado justices after Trump removed from state鈥檚 ballot

December 26, 2023 at 6:25 p.m.

Police said Tuesday they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their homes in Denver following the court抖阴ap decision to remove former President...

Paramedics Jeremy Cooper, left, and Peter Cichuniec at an arraignment in Adams County District Court at the Adams County Justice Center January 20, 2023. The two men are charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. (Photo by Andy Cross / The Denver Post)

Final trial over Elijah McClain鈥檚 death to spotlight Aurora paramedics鈥� role

November 27, 2023 at 10:57 a.m.

The final trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by police in Aurora is expected to delve into largely uncharted legal territory, with paramedics, not...

Aurora police Officer Nathan Woodyard, center, answers questions from Judge Mark Warner standing next to lawyers Andrew Ho, left, and Megan Downing, right, during an arraignment in Adams County district court at the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton on Jan. 20, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Jury breaks for weekend in trial of Aurora police officer who used neck hold on Elijah McClain

November 3, 2023 at 5:24 p.m.

Jurors began deliberations Friday in the case of a Colorado police officer who prosecutors say is guilty of manslaughter after stopping Elijah McClain as he walked home from the store...

Aurora police Officer Nathan Woodyard during an arraignment in Adams County District Court at the Adams County Justice Center Jan. 20, 2023. Aurora police officers Nathan Woodyard, Randy Roedema and former officer Jason Rosenblatt along with paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec were indicted by a Colorado state grand jury in 2021 on 32 combined accounts related to Elijah McClain's arrest and death in Aug. 2019. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Officer charged in Elijah McClain鈥檚 death says he feared for his life after disputed gun grab

November 2, 2023 at 6:58 a.m.

A police officer charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain testified Wednesday that he put the 23-year-old Black man in a neck hold...

Colorado judge chides company that tried to pay $23,500 settlement in coins weighing 3 tons

October 28, 2023 at 10:31 a.m.

A Colorado judge chided a welding company that tried to pay off a $23,500 settlement with a subcontractor by sending the money in loose coins that weighed 3 tons.

FILE – Marlon Wayans attends the “Marlon” FYC Event at UCB Theatre, June 6, 2018, in Los Angeles. In a court filing Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, Wayans said he is being unfairly prosecuted for disturbing the peace over a dispute with an airline employee he alleges targeted him because of his race. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Marlon Wayans says he is being unfairly prosecuted after being racially targeted by DIA gate agent

October 23, 2023 at 2:02 a.m.

Actor and comedian Marlon Wayans says he is being unfairly prosecuted for disturbing the peace over a dispute with an airline employee who he alleges targeted him because of his...

FILE – Former Officer Jason Rosenblatt, left, and Aurora Police Officer Randy Roedema, right, attend an arraignment at the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colo., Jan. 20, 2023. The two officers face felony charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, File)

Neck hold used on Elijah McClain emerges as focal point in officers’ trial over his 2019 death

October 6, 2023 at 5:53 p.m.

A neck hold that Denver-area police used on Elijah McClain prior to the Black man's 2019 death lasted only seconds but has emerged as a focal point in the first...

Former Aurora Police officer Jason Rosenblatt arrives to the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colorado on September 20, 2023. The jury trial for Aurora police officer Randy Roedema and former officer Rosenblatt continues as they face charges in the death of Elijah McClain. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Pathologist testifies he’s unsure whether police choke hold contributed to Elijah McClain’s death

October 4, 2023 at 9:15 a.m.

The pathologist who performed Elijah McClain鈥檚 autopsy testified Tuesday that he was unsure if a police neck hold contributed to the Black man鈥檚 2019 death as attorneys for two Denver-area...

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