{"id":26117,"date":"2023-10-18T15:39:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26117"},"modified":"2023-10-18T15:39:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:39:10","slug":"horror-as-putrid-smell-at-funeral-home-leads-cops-to-189-rotting-corpses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/horror-as-putrid-smell-at-funeral-home-leads-cops-to-189-rotting-corpses\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror as putrid smell at funeral home leads cops to 189 rotting corpses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> At least 189<u>rotting corpses<\/u> were found at a<u>funeral home<\/u> as an \u201cabhorrent smell\u201d led cops to the \u201chorrific\u201d scene. <\/p>\n<p> Authorities raided the Return to Nature funeral home in Penrose, Colorado on October 3 after locals complained of a \u201cputrid dead animal smell\u201d seeping from the building. The total number of bodies found were initially believed to<u>stand at 115<\/u>, which were taken to El Paso\u2019s County Coroner\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n<p>But on Tuesday (October 17), officials began to grasp the full scale of the grisly scenario and uncovered a total of 189 decomposing human remains. Fremont sheriff Allen Cooper described the scene as \u201chorrific\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <b> <u>Cops find 115 rotting bodies at &apos;green&apos; funeral home after &apos;putrid&apos; stench complaints<\/u> <\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>Catch the latest US news,<\/b> <b> <u>here<\/u><\/b><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Joyce Pavetti, 73, could see the funeral home from her home and told the Daily Mail: \u201cWe just assumed [the smell] was a dead animal.\u201d Another neighbour concluded that the stench was coming from a septic tank.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31219843.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_AP23280794408882.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Now, a specialist FBI team, which responds to mass casualty events like an air crash disaster, has been tasked with identifying the bodies. El Paso coroner Leon Kelly said it could take weeks to identify the remains found.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Jon Hallford of the funeral home, which specialised in \u201cgreen burials\u201d and dealing with death the \u201cnatural way\u201d, reportedly missed a number of payments and got evicted from one of their properties in recent months. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31219845.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_AP23283029243263.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31219848.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_AP23283029306366.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31210239.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Screenshot-2023-10-17-at-133849_01_main.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> SWAT team raid &apos;illegal strip club&apos; home where men held wild parties and horses<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He acknowledged that Penrose facility had a \u201cproblem\u201d, according to a citing order.<\/p>\n<p>Green burials are legal in the state, however, officials demand that a body which hasn&apos;t been buried within 24 hours must be properly refrigerated. The building had been left neglected and a stench began to fester. Cops entered the building with a search warrant to find the swathe of decomposing bodies. A number of families who paid for cremations never got their loved ones returned.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31219828.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_AP23279846298388.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31198969.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Missing-Star-Wars-prop-found-in-garage-sells-for-record-breaking-$313million.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Missing Star Wars prop found in garage sells for record-breaking \u00a32.57million<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Police said that the owners were cooperating as investigators determine whether a crime has been committed.<\/p>\n<h3>Follow the Daily Star US on Facebook<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article28949409.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_daily-star-us-logo-1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>All the news, entertainment, sport and fun stuff you love about the Daily Star, brought to you by our American team.<\/p>\n<p>Give the Daily Star US Facebook page a follow to make sure you&apos;re not missing out.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/horror-189-rotting-corpses-found-31219787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 189rotting corpses were found at afuneral home as an \u201cabhorrent smell\u201d led cops to the \u201chorrific\u201d scene. 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