Colorado county coroner Brian Cotter allegedly concealed decomposing remains in hidden room at his funeral home, with relatives possibly given fake ashes.

Colorado state inspectors discovered roughly 20 decomposing bodies stashed in a hidden room of a funeral home manned by a county coroner, according to authorities. The corpses were found on Wednesday in a room behind a door that was concealed by a cardboard display during an inspection of Davis Mortuary in Pueblo.