Tag: Brian Cotter
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3 additional bodies identified from Davis Mortuary, 15 still unidentified
The Pueblo County coroner has identified three additional bodies from the Davis Mortuary after 24 were discovered in a secret room during an inspection in August. The announcement by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday brings the total number of identified bodies to nine, leaving 15 unidentified. The mortuary was co-owned by the Pueblo…
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Multiple family members file civil suit against former Pueblo County coroner
Multiple family members have filed a civil lawsuit against the former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and associates. The complaint, which was filed in a Pueblo County civil court Thursday, comes before criminal charges have been filed against Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris Cotter, who ran and operated the Davis Mortuary in Pueblo. The…
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Pueblo County commissioners ask for money to deal with Davis Mortuary fallout
Pueblo County commissioners are asking the state for more money to deal with the fallout following the discovery of 24 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door at Davis Mortuary. According to their meeting agenda last week, the Board of County Commissioners voted to send a letter to Gov. Jared Polis, asking to raise the funding…
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State office accuses former Pueblo County coroner of unlawful acts in permanent relinquishment
The Colorado State Office of Mortuary and Funeral Science Services permanently relinquished Brian Cotter of his funeral home registration and accused him of unlawful acts in a letter effective on Friday. The action was agreed to between the state and Cotter in lieu of proceeding to a disciplinary hearing and bars the former Pueblo County…
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‘We have work to do’: Pueblo County appoints new coroner pending background check
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pueblo County residents will soon see Gregory Grahek in their county coroner’s office after he was appointed to fill the seat left vacant after Brian Cotter’s resignation. Grahek’s appointment, which is pending a background check,…
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Four of the 24 decomposing bodies found at Davis Mortuary identified
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Four of the 24 decomposing bodies found at now former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s Davis Mortuary have been identified, authorities announced Tuesday. Family notifications are underway, and no identification details will be made public out of respect and privacy of the families, the Colorado…
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Renewed questions of public trust in Colorado funeral homes following Pueblo discovery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two years after the discovery of almost 200 decomposing bodies inside Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, state inspectors found 24 more neglected corpses hidden inside Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s business, Davis Mortuary. Some of those bodies, investigators said, had been hidden for 15 years, and…
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Pueblo County coroner resigns, suffered cardiac event after bodies found
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter has submitted a resignation letter with an effective date of Tuesday, according to the letter dated on Thursday posted by Gazette news partner KOAA. Cotter has been under investigation since an inspection by the Department of Regulatory Agencies found his…
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Investigators confirm more than 20 bodies found at Davis Mortuary
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 20 bodies have been confirmed to be found inside the Davis Mortuary in Pueblo, according to a news release Monday from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. All remains were removed from the mortuary in recent days after an annual inspection Wednesday found bodies…