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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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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Renewed questions of public trust in Colorado funeral homes following Pueblo discovery
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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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Governor calls on Pueblo coroner to resign after discovery of 20 decomposing bodies in his funeral home
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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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Davis Mortuary investigation: Polis asks for coroner’s resignation, declares disaster emergency
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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
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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
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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…