Colorado governor calls for county coroner to resign after inspectors found decaying bodies
Colorado governor calls for county coroner to resign after inspectors found decaying bodies
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is calling for a county coroner to resign immediately after state inspectors found about 20 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door in a funeral home he owned
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article is factually accurate. Multiple sources confirm the governor's call for resignation and the discovery of decomposing bodies. There is no discernible bias in the reporting.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is calling for a county coroner to resign immediately.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms Governor calls for Pueblo County coroner to “resign immediately”.
- Verification Source #2: Confirms Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday called for a county coroner to resign.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms Colorado's governor called for the Pueblo County coroner to resign on Friday.
- Verification Source #4: Confirms Jared Polis on Friday called for a county coroner to resign immediately.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms Jared Polis called for Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter to resign.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: State inspectors found about 20 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door in a funeral home he owned.
- Verification Source #1: The Colorado Bureau of Investigation launched a criminal investigation Thursday after the bodies were discovered during an inspection of Davis.
- Verification Source #2: Confirms state inspectors found at least 20 decomposing bodies.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms the discovery of at least 20 decomposing bodies in a funeral home.
- Verification Source #4: Confirms state inspectors found about 20 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms bodies found at a mortuary connected to the Pueblo County coroner.
- Assessment: Supported
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: The Colorado Bureau of Investigation launched a criminal investigation Thursday after the bodies were discovered during an inspection of Davis.
- Source 5: Jared Polis called for Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter to resign.