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A coroner in Colorado who claims he’s overworked is demanding a raise from county leaders or he’ll stop picking up bodies. Prowers County Commissioner Ron Cook told 9NEWS that he was surprised to get a call from EMS crews on June 1. Cook said he was informed that county coroner Tommy Dunagan was refusing to respond to the scene of a death because he had already worked his 20-hour work week and his deputy wasn’t available over the holiday weekend. Dunagan stated that if county commissioners didn’t want to get the person’s body, it could just sit there until he was back on the clock. “He did tel…

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