State investigators have launched a criminal investigation after several bodies were found in various stages of decomposition inside the private mortuary owned by the Pueblo County coroner.
Brian Cotter told state inspectors that some of the bodies found inside Davis Mortuary in Pueblo have been awaiting cremation for about 15 years and that he may have given the next-of-kin fake cremated remains, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Thursday.
The license for the funeral home has been suspended by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agency after inspectors noticed a “strong odor” during an inspection Aug. 20, records show.
Behind a door, hidden by a cardboard display, inspectors found several bodies, the report said. Cotter had asked inspectors not to go inside.
The Pueblo Police Department asked CBI to lead the criminal investigation because of the agency’s experience on the Return to Nature funeral home case in 2023, where owners stored 190 decaying bodies and sent grieving families fake ashes.
The case put Colorado’s lax funeral home regulations under the spotlight. Last year, Gov. Jared Polis signed two bills into law that overhauled state oversight of funeral homes.
The Aug. 20 inspection was the first inspection at the facility mandated by one of the two bills, House Bill 1335.
Cotter, who has served as Pueblo County’s coroner since 2014, could not immediately be reached Thursday. Records show that Davis Mortuary received a license to operate as a funeral home in the state in January 2010.
State and Pueblo County officials will hold a news conference Thursday afternoon with more details on the criminal investigation. No charges have been filed, Rob Low, a spokesperson for CBI said.
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