Authorities say they're investigating the improper storage of human remains at a Colorado funeral home that performs “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets
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 “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets. PENROSE, Colo.
The sheriff's office said it was working with state and federal officials on the investigation. Family members who used the funeral home were asked toTrash bags could be seen Thursday outside the entrance of the company's building, with two law enforcement vehicles parked in front. Yellow police tape cordoned off the area and a putrid odor pervaded the air.
Joyce Pavetti, 73, can see the funeral home from the stoop of her house and said she caught whiffs of a putrid smell in the last few weeks. Neighbor Ron Alexander thought the smell was coming from a septic tank, adding that Wednesday night’s blur of law enforcement lights “looked like the 4th of July.”
The Return to Nature Funeral Home provides burial of non-embalmed bodies in biodegradable caskets, shrouds or “nothing at all," according to its website. The company also provides cremation services. Messages left for the Colorado Springs-based company were not immediately returned.The company charges $1,895 for a “natural burial.” That doesn’t include the cost of a casket and cemetery space, according to the website.
The LLC changed addresses around Colorado Springs three times since its establishment in 2016 with a post office box. Hallfordhomes still owes about $5,000 in 2022 property taxes on its building in Penrose, according to Fremont County records.
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