Pueblo, coroner and The funeral home
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Pueblo County’s coroner faces state probe after decaying bodies found hidden at his private practice
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.
State inspectors believe there may be about 20 bodies that were improperly stored inside Davis Mortuary in Pueblo, a business co-owned by the current coroner of the county.
In a press conference Friday, Pueblo County Sheriff said that no single public official, not even the governor, can remove