Tag: Davis Mortuary
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Davis Mortuary co-owners out of jail after bond cut in half
The Cotter brothers are out of jail after a Pueblo County magistrate cut their bonds in half Friday. The Davis Mortuary co-owners spent 24 hours in jail before posting their $500,000 bond, court records show. Former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris, face 125 counts of abuse of a corpse along with…
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Cotter brothers charged on 125 counts of corpse abuse in Davis Mortuary case
The authorities on Thursday arrested former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris, and charged them with 125 counts of corpse abuse. The arrests occurred nearly a year after the two came under the public spotlight when state inspectors found 24 decomposing bodies hidden inside a secret room at their privately owned funeral…
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Cotter brothers arrested in Davis Mortuary funeral home case
Former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris, have been arrested in connection to the Davis Mortuary case, law enforcement officials announced Thursday. The brothers came under the public spotlight after state inspectors found 24 decomposing bodies hidden inside a secret room at their privately owned funeral home, Davis Mortuary, in late August…
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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…