Tag: Davis Mortuary
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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
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…
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Governor calls on Pueblo coroner to resign after discovery of 20 decomposing bodies in his funeral home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO • Black birds flew over Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter’s funeral home as the tall building loomed over those who passed by Friday. The scene followed a 36-hour period of law enforcement learning that the Davis Mortuary, co-owned by Cotter and his brother, Chris,…
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Live updates, Davis Mortuary investigation: Friday CBI news conference
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation scheduled a news conference for updates on the Davis Mortuary investigation at 1 p.m. Friday. Stay with Gazette.com for video and updates. Livestream coverage from the news conference is expected from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office. 1:45 p.m. update Gov. Jared Polis…
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Davis Mortuary investigation: Polis asks for coroner’s resignation, declares disaster emergency
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO • Gov. Jared Polis on Friday called on Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter to resign immediately amid a multi-agency criminal investigation that’s underway after state inspectors found “around 20” decomposing bodies hidden inside a private funeral home owned by Cotter during an annual inspection. Polis…
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Latest: Pueblo County coroner, brother under investigation after decomposing bodies found at their funeral home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Pueblo Police Department and the FBI converged at a funeral home co-owned by Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris, on Thursday after State inspectors found several bodies hidden during an annual inspection on Wednesday. Stay…
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Criminal investigation begins after ‘around 20’ decomposing bodies found in funeral home owned by Pueblo County coroner
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO – A multi-agency criminal investigation is underway after state inspectors found “around 20” decomposing bodies hidden inside a private funeral home owned by Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter during an annual inspection. Brian Cotter, 64, and his privately-owned funeral home are under investigation after state…