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.

An inspection that found decomposing bodies in a hidden room of Pueblo Coroner Brian Cotter's mortuary wouldn't have happened if not for a new state law.

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.