Pueblo County, coroner and Colorado governor
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KREX Grand Junction on MSNPolis calls on Pueblo County coroner’s immediate resignation after reports of ‘gross misconduct’
Gov. Jared Polis demanded the immediate resignation of the Pueblo County coroner, who’s accused of “gross misconduct” and giving fake cremains to families. The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies’ Division of Professions and Occupations reportedly found several bodies in various stages of decomposition at Davis Mortuary in Pueblo.
Pueblo County’s coroner faces state probe after decaying bodies found hidden at his private practice
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.
In a press conference Friday, Pueblo County Sheriff said that no single public official, not even the governor, can remove