Tag: Davis Mortuary
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9 more bodies ID’d from Davis Mortuary; 6 remain unidentified
Nine additional bodies allegedly found improperly stored by then-Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and his brother have been identified with DNA analysis, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday. A total of 18 bodies of people who died between 2010 and 2012 have been identified by Dr. Gregory Grahek, Cotter’s replacement as coroner, and Fremont…
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Families sue Davis Mortuary over fake cremains, discovery of bodies
A Limon woman has filed suit against the Pueblo mortuary where she alleges her father’s remains were among at least 23 others left to decay in a concealed room discovered last year. Crystal Kiniston’s March 13 breach of contract lawsuit joins that of three other families who filed suit last year against the mortuary and…
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Families sue Davis Mortuary over fake cremains, discovery of bodies
A Limon woman has filed suit against the Pueblo mortuary where she alleges her father’s remains were among at least 23 others left to decay in a concealed room discovered last year. Crystal Kiniston’s March 13 breach of contract lawsuit joins that of three other families who filed suit last year against the mortuary and…
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Families sue Davis Mortuary over fake cremains, discovery of bodies
A Limon woman has filed suit against the Pueblo mortuary where she alleges her father’s remains were among at least 23 others left to decay in a concealed room discovered last year. Crystal Kiniston’s March 13 breach of contract lawsuit joins that of three other families who filed suit last year against the mortuary and…
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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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More bodies identified in Davis Mortuary case; charges months away
PUEBLO • Two more bodies found at former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s Davis Mortuary have been identified, leaving 18 more to be put through a DNA identification process that could take months, authorities announced. The six identified bodies were reportedly sent to the mortuary between 2010 and 2012, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said…
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Four of the 24 decomposing bodies found at Davis Mortuary identified
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…