Charlie has experience responding to numerous federally declared disasters beginning with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, where he assisted with recovery efforts and morgue operations. He has extensive experience in cemetery response and recovery operations beginning with Hurricane Rita in 2005. Additional cemetery responses include Hurricane Ike (2008), the Louisiana Flooding (2016), Hurricane Harvey (2017), Hurricane Laura (2020), and Hurricane Delta (2020). These responses have involved comprehensive cemetery operations including casket recovery, site management, decedent identification, family assistance, and reburial efforts.

In addition to cemetery operations, Charlie has been actively involved in death investigations, fatality recovery, and morgue operations during Winter Storm Uri (2021) and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more than two decades, Charlie has gained extensive experience in death investigation, forensic science, mass fatality response, and cemetery operations. He has served as an instructor at the state and national levels on a wide range of topics, including death investigation, mass fatality response, opioid-related death investigation, infant death investigation, forensic nursing, and related disciplines. Due to his unique background and breadth of experience, Charlie has been recognized as an expert in the fields of Death Investigation and Forensic Investigation. Throughout his career, he has completed and instructed over 1,000 hours of continuing education and has participated in more than 17,000 death investigations.

Building upon this foundation of service and expertise, Charlie founded Gulf Coast Forensic Solutions (GCFS) with the mission of providing modern, innovative, and comprehensive forensic services to agencies and communities nationwide. GCFS was established to deliver the latest advancements in forensic science, technological innovation, postmortem services, digital forensics, training, and nationwide cemetery response operations.

The GCFS team brings together decades of dedicated public service and specialized education across multiple forensic disciplines. Our cemetery response team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, allowing for rapid deployment anywhere in the country to assist with all forms of cemetery damage and recovery. GCFS has conducted deployments across the southern United States and has provided cemetery consultations to agencies on the West Coast, Midwest, and East Coast.

Our digital forensics division offers unparalleled expertise in an increasingly complex digital landscape and is recognized nationally each year for excellence in service and technical proficiency. Capabilities span a wide range of digital platforms, including cellular phones, tablets, computers, in-home security systems, and emerging technologies.

GCFS also maintains a robust training division staffed by some of the most experienced law enforcement officers, coroners, death investigators, and forensic practitioners in the country. With more than 200 combined years of experience and thousands of investigations, our instructors deliver modern, up-to-date training designed to strengthen both individual professionals and the agencies they serve.

Our forensic pathology team is comprised of double- and triple-board-certified forensic pathologists, supported by highly experienced autopsy technicians who have completed thousands of cases. Our laboratory staff are certified medicolegal death investigators through the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI), or are actively in the certification process, and hold bachelor’s degrees in relevant fields to ensure the highest standards of professionalism and quality.

Together, this dedicated team extends GCFS services to agencies, organizations, and communities in need—serving the deceased with dignity, supporting their families, and partnering with law enforcement and the judicial system to deliver thorough, reliable, and compassionate forensic services.