What Happened to the Owners of Return to Nature?
Jon and Carie fled Colorado for Oklahoma after authorities closed in on Return to Nature, alleged a federal affidavit filed in November 2023.
The couple were arrested in Wagoner, Okla., on a warrant issued in Colorado accusing them of 190 counts of abuse of a corpse, five counts of theft, four counts of money laundering and 50-plus counts of forgery.
Attorney for the 4th Judicial District Michael Allen told reporters in announcing the charges Nov. 6 in Colorado Springs that more details would not be forthcoming to protect the ongoing investigation, but that the charging documents were “absolutely shocking.”
Crystina Page, toting her red urn, was at the press conference, where she said, per the AP, “For four years, I’ve marched all over this country with this urn believing it to be my son. My son has been laying there rotting for four years…It’s the most horrendous feeling I’ve ever had in my life.”
The arrests, she added, “makes it feel like there’s an end in sight.”
In April 2024, the Hallfords were indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly spending nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 relief funds on personal trips, jewelry, cosmetic surgery and other non-business expenses, according to the indictment unsealed that month. They were also accused in the indictment of accepting $130,000 for burial and cremation services they never provided and on at least two occasions burying the wrong body.
