Colorado County Coroner Brian Cotter allegedly concealed decomposing remains in a hidden room at his funeral home, and relatives were possibly given fake ashes.

Governor Jared Polis has called for Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter to resign and declared a state declaration of emergency following the discovery of 20 bodies.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday called for a county coroner to resign after state inspectors found at least 20 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door in a funeral home he owns.

Pueblo Police have asked the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to take over the probe, given its experience investigating the Return to Nature Funeral Home case. A judge last year ordered that funeral home to pay $950 million to families whose loved ones’ remains were mishandled.

Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis has called for Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter to resign immediately after the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced the criminal investigation into Davis Mortuary in Pueblo,

Earlier this week, inspectors came across approximately 20 bodies that had been handled improperly, at Davis Mortuary, for

The owner told inspectors that some of the bodies found at his funeral home had been waiting to be cremated for years.