Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter has submitted a resignation letter with an effective date of Tuesday, according to the letter dated on Thursday posted by Gazette news partner KOAA.

Cotter has been under investigation since an inspection by the Department of Regulatory Agencies found his business, Davis Mortuary, had improperly stored 24 bodies and other remains in a secret room.

The letter stated that after the discovery on Aug. 20, Cotter was hospitalized for a cardiac event.

"He offers this resignation as a final act of public service, thus allowing the Coroner’s Office to continue its superb service to the people of this community — a public that Mr. Cotter holds dear," the resignation letter from Cotter's legal counsel stated.

Cotter was elected three times to the office of Pueb

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