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Team arrives to begin process of removing remains from Colorado funeral home; annual Penrose Apple Day Festival carries on
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PENROSE • Crews with Fremont County and El Paso County coroner's
offices continued to work the scene of the Return to Nature Funeral
Home in Penrose Saturday, where more than 115 bodies were discovered
improperly stored.
The discovery was disclosed Wednesday after a search warrant was
issued to authorities for the property following complaints of a
foul odor deriving from the building.
A team from the Fremont coroner's office arrived on the property
just after 1 p.m. Saturday and began setting up one of the tents to
be used to remove the remains inside the roughly 2,500-square-foot
building.
According to Fremont County Coroner Randy Keller, crews will
continue to set up tents and fencing through the weekend to ensure
the safety of those working inside and around the building, and to
promote respect in handling the remains.
Additionally, hazardous-materials crews were on the scene Friday
evening, working to set up equipment to eventually assist in the
removals.
No additional updates regarding the case or extraction process ahead
are available as of Saturday afternoon, Lisa Kohlbrenner, a
spokesperson for the Colorado Bureau of Investigations said.
Across Colorado 115 in downtown Penrose, the town's annual Apple Day
Festival carried on Saturday.
Penrose Chamber of Commerce member and Apple Day organizer Jeri
Rimpley said she received several messages on the town's Facebook
page over the past few days requesting the celebration to be
canceled in wake of the Return to Nature Funeral Home findings.
"We made the conscious decision to instead of punish the Penrose
community, that we would use this as a way to celebrate life,"
Rimpley said.
Down the way, Penrose citizens Virgil and Mia Hampton could be seen
enjoying the Apple Day Parade. Although shocked at the funeral home
discovery, they said they aren't surprised by the celebration's
perseverance.
"It's crazy, I can't believe this happened in our little small
town," Virgil Hampton said.
"Apple Day will always happen, though," Mia Hampton added. "This is
the biggest day of the year in Penrose."
The investigation and removal process at the funeral home is
expected to take months.
Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper said at Friday's conference that
law enforcement would be focusing their investigative efforts and
not discuss arrests or potential charges at this time.
The whereabouts of Return to Nature owner Jon and Carie Hallford are
unknown at this time, but Cooper confirmed Friday they have
cooperated with the investigation.
https://gazette.com/news/penrose-funeral-home/article_f37296de-6547
-11ee-8ccc-5762e2035b09.html
offices continued to work the scene of the Return to Nature Funeral
Home in Penrose Saturday, where more than 115 bodies were discovered
improperly stored.
The discovery was disclosed Wednesday after a search warrant was
issued to authorities for the property following complaints of a
foul odor deriving from the building.
A team from the Fremont coroner's office arrived on the property
just after 1 p.m. Saturday and began setting up one of the tents to
be used to remove the remains inside the roughly 2,500-square-foot
building.
According to Fremont County Coroner Randy Keller, crews will
continue to set up tents and fencing through the weekend to ensure
the safety of those working inside and around the building, and to
promote respect in handling the remains.
Additionally, hazardous-materials crews were on the scene Friday
evening, working to set up equipment to eventually assist in the
removals.
No additional updates regarding the case or extraction process ahead
are available as of Saturday afternoon, Lisa Kohlbrenner, a
spokesperson for the Colorado Bureau of Investigations said.
Across Colorado 115 in downtown Penrose, the town's annual Apple Day
Festival carried on Saturday.
Penrose Chamber of Commerce member and Apple Day organizer Jeri
Rimpley said she received several messages on the town's Facebook
page over the past few days requesting the celebration to be
canceled in wake of the Return to Nature Funeral Home findings.
"We made the conscious decision to instead of punish the Penrose
community, that we would use this as a way to celebrate life,"
Rimpley said.
Down the way, Penrose citizens Virgil and Mia Hampton could be seen
enjoying the Apple Day Parade. Although shocked at the funeral home
discovery, they said they aren't surprised by the celebration's
perseverance.
"It's crazy, I can't believe this happened in our little small
town," Virgil Hampton said.
"Apple Day will always happen, though," Mia Hampton added. "This is
the biggest day of the year in Penrose."
The investigation and removal process at the funeral home is
expected to take months.
Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper said at Friday's conference that
law enforcement would be focusing their investigative efforts and
not discuss arrests or potential charges at this time.
The whereabouts of Return to Nature owner Jon and Carie Hallford are
unknown at this time, but Cooper confirmed Friday they have
cooperated with the investigation.
https://gazette.com/news/penrose-funeral-home/article_f37296de-6547
-11ee-8ccc-5762e2035b09.html
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