Denver (AP) – The State Inspectors in Colorado found decaying bodies behind the hidden doors in a funeral house operated by a regional coroner who told them that he could give false ashes to the relatives looking for cremation, the authorities published Thursday.
The bodies were discovered in the middle in the room behind the door hidden cardboard display during the Davis Mortare inspection in Puebl, about 110 miles (177 kilometers) south of Denver. Inspectors found a “strong odor of decomposition” upon arrival in business and Brian Cotter, owner of the morgue and regional coroner, asked them not to enter the room, according to the document of state regulatory bodies.
Colorado had for years Some of the weakest rules For funeral homes in the nation, without routine inspections or qualification requirements for funeral house operators. This allowed numerous abuse, including an ongoing case Nearly 200 folding bodies which were found at room temperature in a building in Penros in Colorado, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Pueblo.
On Friday, the conviction of one of the owners of the burial house in this case is determined by the abuse of the corpses. Owners of another burial house in the Grand Junction in Colorado were convicted in 2022 Selling parts of the body And give clients a fake ashes.
In the case of Pueblo Cotter, he told the inspectors that some bodies were waiting for cremation for about 15 years, according to a document of state regulatory bodies, which explains why the state suspended the morgue registration for operation.
The woman who responded to the phone on the morgue said she had no comment and refused to make Cotter accessible to the interview.
Cotter did not respond immediately to the message remaining in Koroner’s office.
Cotter and his brother bought Davis Mortual in 1989, according to the company’s website. He said the brothers brought with them an “old school” the way they learned from their father, who owned and operated the funeral houses in Colorado, Kansas and Nebrasce.
In response to criminal cases concerning the burial industry in Colorado last year, the legislators approved changes to tighten supervision, thereby stating the state with most other countries. One requires regulatory bodies to control funeral houses routinely and provide them with more coercive forces. Further implemented licenses for burial directors and other workers in the field. They would have to pass checks in the background and national exam while they had titles and work experience.
Previously, the headmasters of the Funeral House in Colorado did not have to attend in high school, let alone have a title.
Brown informed from Billings, Montana.
