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 . Investigators said they found a "strong odor of decomposition" during an inspection on Wednesday.

That mortuary is operated by Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter, who told inspectors from the state Department of Regulatory Agencies that some of those bodies have been awaiting cremation for 15 years, and he may have issued fake cremains to families.

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The Wednesday inspection was the first ever conducted inside the Davis Mortuary facility, following new state legislation that now requires inspections into funeral homes and cremation businesses. Prior to

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