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State inspectors found 20 decomposing bodies stashed in a funeral home in Pueblo, Colorado.

Brian Cotter, the owner of the funeral home, told officials some of the bodies found were waiting to be cremated.

Cotter has not been arrested, and no charges have been filed in the case.

Twenty decomposing bodies were found by Colorado state inspectors behind a hidden door in a funeral home owned by a county coroner.

The coroner told authorities he might have given fake ashes to the next of kin who requested cremations, the Associated Press reported.

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State inspectors discovered the bodies in a room behind a door hidden by a cardboard display while an inspection was being performed at the Davis Mortuary in Pueblo, Colorado.

Citing a document from state regulators, the A

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