Randy V. Keller
Republican · CO · Fremont County Coroner
Randy V. Keller has been Fremont County Coroner since 2015. His office finds the cause and manner of sudden or unexpected deaths in the county.
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Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Emailed state funeral home regulators in May 2020 about calls reporting cooling problems at a local funeral home. He later said the email was about Return to Nature, where about 190 bodies were found in 2023.
February 23, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: krdo.com
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Was honored in the U.S. House's official record (Congressional Record) for leading the county's response to the Penrose funeral home case. A congressional staff member presented it to county commissioners.
July 23, 2024
Source: fremontcountyco.gov
Reported that 18 bodies from the Penrose funeral home were still not identified. He also set a memorial for victims' families before the building was torn down.
April 10, 2024
Source: kktv.com
Led the county effort to identify bodies found stored at a Penrose funeral home in October 2023. He said his office would use fingerprints and DNA to find the families.
October 8, 2023
Source: cbsnews.com
Led the state board that sets training rules for Colorado coroners, serving as its chair at its October 20, 2022 meeting.
October 20, 2022
Source: ccstboard.colorado.gov
Refused a TV reporter's request for autopsy photos of a weapon used in a prison killing. The station sued, and a county judge ruled for the coroner's office on July 22, 2021.
July 22, 2021
Source: rcfp.org
Was sworn in as Fremont County Coroner on January 13, 2015, after winning the 2014 election for the office.
January 13, 2015
Source: fremontcountyco.gov
Past race Randy V. Keller ran in:
- Fremont County Coroner · November 3, 2026 · Fremont County, Colorado · incumbent