Colorado County Coroner Brian Cotter allegedly concealed decomposing remains in a hidden room at his funeral home, and relatives were possibly given fake ashes.

Pueblo Police have asked the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to take over the probe, given its experience investigating the Return to Nature Funeral Home case. A judge last year ordered that funeral home to pay $950 million to families whose loved ones’ remains were mishandled.

FOX21 News will live stream the press conference at 1 p.m. on Friday, which can be viewed in the video player above once it begins. (PUEBLO, Colo.) — More information on the criminal investigation into the Davis Mortuary in Pueblo will be released on Friday afternoon,

Around 20 decomposing bodies were discovered in a hidden room concealed by a cardboard display at Davis Mortuary in Pueblo. Now families are concerned that what they believed to be cremains of their loved ones may not be what they thought.

Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis has called for Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter to resign immediately after the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced the criminal investigation into Davis Mortuary in Pueblo,

A funeral home operated by the Pueblo County coroner is suspended, according to documents from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA).

Colorado's governor called for the Pueblo County coroner to resign on Friday following the discovery of at least 20 decomposing bodies in a hidden room concealed by a cardboard display at Davis Mortuary in Pueblo.

Investigates was first to break the story that bodies had allegedly been left to decompose in a secret room at Davis Mortuary

Families who entrusted Davis Mortuary in Pueblo with their loved ones are now questioning everything. At an emotional vigil, candles lit the night as stories of grief.