Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and a local sheriff are calling for a county coroner to resign after state inspectors found about 20 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door in a funeral home he owned.

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.

State inspectors in Colorado found about 20 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door in a funeral home owned by a county coroner, who told them he may have given fake ashes to next of kin who sought cremations,