UPDATE:
Richard Palacio has been located by the Pueblo Police Department.
BACKGROUND:
The Pueblo Police Department is searching for a missing senior, Richard Palacio.
Palacio is 63 years old, approximately 5'08", 140 lbs, with black hair, and brown eyes.
He was last seen Saturday, December 21 at 8:30 am near the 2200 block of W. 16th St in Pueblo.
Police say he was last seen wearing a red shirt, black hat, blue jeans, and brown cowboy boots, carrying a camouflage bag.
If you have any information on Palacio's location, please contact Pueblo Police at (719)553-2502 or call 9-1-1.
Pueblo County Coroner's Mortuary Suspended - Bodies Found Behind "Hidden" Door Says DOLA
A funeral home operated by the Pueblo County coroner is suspended, according to documents from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). "Mr. Cotter stated that the bodies were awaiting cremation and admitted that some bodies had been in the room for approximately fifteen years," part of the DORA report reads. "Mr. Cotter admitted to inspectors that he may have issued next-of-kin fake cremains."
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