The Pueblo County coroner under investigation after human remains were found at his private mortuary business has submitted his resignation. Brian Cotter sent a memo to the Pueblo County commissioners saying he will resign effective Sept. 2.

Twenty-four bodies, multiple containers of bones and several other containers of what investigators believe to be human tissue have been recovered from inside a Pueblo funeral home that is co-owned by Cotter and his brother, Chris. Neither faces criminal charges.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said identification of all the remains could take several months. The human tissue represents an “unknown number of deceased individuals,” officials said. Agents also searched the Cotters’ homes, but have not questioned either of them, as both have retai

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