Jon Hallford, who co-owned the Return to Nature Funeral Home, is set to appear in court Friday for his state sentencing, marking the end of his criminal cases after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month on a federal wire fraud charge.

Authorities arrested Jon Hallford and his co-defendant, Carie Hallford, after they found nearly 200 decomposing bodies in the Penrose funeral home in October 2023.

Both Carie and Jon Hallford pleaded guilty to 190 state counts of abuse of a corpse in November, with their sentences expected to run concurrently — or at the same time — as their federal sentences.

While the courtroom was packed for Jon Hallford's federal sentencing, some of the victims withheld their impact statement until he is sentenced in state court.

"The federal case was real

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