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Private Investigator Directory

This database includes contact information for NC private investigators available to work on criminal cases. The list was compiled based upon the investigator’s work on prior cases or request to be added, and is not based on any assessment of whether an investigator is qualified or is the appropriate investigator for a specific case. If you are searching for an investigator for your case, you must do your own due diligence to evaluate the investigator. If you need additional information about an investigator in the directory, please contact Beth Winston ([email protected]).

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Marybell Acevedo

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Service Counties: Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Henderson, Johnston, Lee, Nash, Wake
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Gangs

Languages

Spanish (Fluent)

Jennifer Adams

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Service Counties: Johnston, Wake
Available to work statewide

Robert Allen

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Service Counties: Brunswick, Duplin, Johnston, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Robeson, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson
Available to work statewide

Alexander Alvarado

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Service Counties: Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Lee, Wake
Available to work statewide

Languages

Spanish (Limited Proficiency)

Lori Anderson

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Burke, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga
Available to work statewide

Cassandra Arreola

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Service Counties: Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union
Available to work statewide

Languages

Spanish (Fluent)

Daniel Baldwin

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Service Counties: Alamance, Cherokee, Columbus, Durham, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Robeson, Vance, Wake
Available to work statewide

Cory Barnette

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Service Counties: Alexander, Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Wilkes, Yadkin
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear, Firearm / Ballistics, Gangs, Polygraph, Shooting reconstruction, Voice stress analysis

Languages

Spanish (Limited Proficiency)

James Battle

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Service Counties: Currituck, Dare, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Henderson, Nash, Northampton, Wake, Wilson
Available to work statewide

Gregory Beam

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Service Counties: Cabarrus, Carteret, Davidson, Davie, Onslow, Rowan, Stanly
Available to work statewide

Scott Bilsky

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Service Counties: Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance, Wake
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction

Etta Blankenship

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Service Counties: Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland
Available to work statewide

Sean Breed

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Service Counties: Chatham, Durham, Nash, Robeson, Wake, Wilson
Available to work statewide

Allen Brooks

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Service Counties: Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes
Available to work statewide
Expertise: 3D crime scene mapping, Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear, Firearm / Ballistics, Gangs

Aretha Brown

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Service Counties: Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union

Timothy Byrd

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Service Counties: Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Davidson, Davie, Iredell, McDowell, Rowan, Wilkes, Yadkin
Available to work statewide

John Callicutt

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Service Counties: Alamance, Chatham, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Randolph, Rockingham, Wake
Available to work statewide

C. Cameron Carter

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Service Counties: Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, Union
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Firearm / Ballistics, Gangs, Polygraph, Shooting reconstruction

Narley Cashwell Jr.

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Service Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Orange, Wake, Wilson
Available to work statewide

Michael Chapin

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Service Counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Craven, Dare, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
Available to work statewide

Darin Church

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Service Counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Iredell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, Yancey
Available to work statewide

Yvonne Cobourn

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Swain, Yancey
Available to work statewide

Jonathan Collier

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Service Counties: Durham, Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Wake, Warren
Expertise: Gangs

Russell Conner

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Gangs

John Corcoran

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Service Counties: Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lenoir, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union
Expertise: Gangs

Languages

Spanish (Limited Proficiency)

Walter Cox

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Service Counties: Alamance, Carteret, Durham, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Wayne
Available to work statewide

Christopher Crawford

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cleveland, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania

Suzanne Creech

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Service Counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Craven, Edgecombe, Martin, Pitt, Washington
Available to work statewide

Marshall Crutchfield

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Service Counties: Beaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Cumberland, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Pitt, Robeson, Wake
Available to work statewide

Ruth Cruz-Nichols

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Service Counties: Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Nash, Orange, Wake, Wilson
Available to work statewide

Languages

Spanish (Fluent)

Anthony Davis

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Service Counties: Alamance, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Johnston, Nash, Person, Wake, Wilson
Available to work statewide

Theresa Dean

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cleveland, Durham, Guilford, Haywood, Henderson, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Transylvania, Wake
Available to work statewide

Kenneth Duckworth

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Service Counties: Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Wilson
Available to work statewide

Eric Dyson

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Service Counties: Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear

Chad Ellis

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Service Counties: Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Pitt, Wayne, Wilson
Expertise: Fingerprint / Footwear, Gangs

Languages

Spanish (Limited Proficiency)

David Emerick

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Service Counties: Duplin, Edgecombe, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Sampson, Wake, Wayne
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Gangs

Languages

Other (Fluent)
Additional language: Farsi

A.W. Felton

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Service Counties: Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Durham, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank, Wake
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Firearm / Ballistics, Shooting reconstruction

Joseph Felton

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Service Counties: Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Vance
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Gangs, Shooting reconstruction

Carlton Flowers

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Service Counties: Bertie, Carteret, Craven, Edgecombe, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pitt, Wayne, Wilson
Available to work statewide

Michael Franklin

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Service Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson, Sampson
Expertise: Gangs

Languages

Spanish (Fluent)

T. Todd Garrett

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Service Counties: Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Forsyth, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union
Available to work statewide

Thomas Geisler

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Service Counties: Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union
Available to work statewide

James Gilchrist

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Service Counties: Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Pender, Wayne
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction

Travis Gordon

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Union
Expertise: 3D crime scene mapping, Crime scene reconstruction

Robert Hallisey

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Service Counties: Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Pitt, Robeson, Wake, Washington, Wilson
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear, Shooting reconstruction

Danielle Hart

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Service Counties: Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Robeson, Scotland
Available to work statewide

Zachari Helon

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Service Counties: Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Nash, Orange, Wake, Wilson
Available to work statewide

Languages

Other (Limited Proficiency)
Additional language: Russian

Douglas Hoffman

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Service Counties: Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Henderson, Johnston, Person, Vance, Wake, Warren
Available to work statewide

Jaymes Holden

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Service Counties: Anson, Cabarrus, Camden, Currituck, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Pasquotank, Stanly, Union
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction

Michael Hunter

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Service Counties: Cumberland, Duplin, Durham, Graham, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Vance, Wake, Wayne
Available to work statewide

David James

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Service Counties: Cabarrus, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, Wake
Available to work statewide

Joel Johnson

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Service Counties: Alamance, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rowan

Richard Lancaster

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Service Counties: Avery, Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey

William “Bill” Lane

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Service Counties: Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear

Barry Lanier

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Service Counties: Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin
Available to work statewide

Marcus Lawing

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Service Counties: Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Orange, Person, Wake
Available to work statewide

Theodore Lemmons

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Service Counties: Catawba, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Yadkin
Available to work statewide

Melanie Leonard

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Service Counties: Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Randolph, Rowan, Stokes, Yadkin
Available to work statewide

Rex Lilly

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Service Counties: Alamance, Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Stokes
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear, Shooting reconstruction

Brian Locklear

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Service Counties: Robeson

Ron Mann

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Service Counties: Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Union
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear, Firearm / Ballistics, Shooting reconstruction, Voice stress analysis

Johnathan Mason

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania

Stephen McLamb

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Service Counties: Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Moore, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland
Available to work statewide

Robert Moore

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Service Counties: Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Watauga
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Firearm / Ballistics, Gangs, Shooting reconstruction

David Munday

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Service Counties: Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Wilkes
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction

Jason Munday

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Service Counties: Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Watauga
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Gangs

Kevin Murry

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania
Available to work statewide

Cody Muse

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania
Available to work statewide

Timothy Neal

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Service Counties: Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Orange, Vance, Wake

William Niepert

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Service Counties: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Pitt, Sampson, Wayne
Available to work statewide

Jermaine Norfleet

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Service Counties: Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear, Gangs, Polygraph, Shooting reconstruction

Richard Novelli

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Service Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Robeson
Available to work statewide

Tonya Phifer

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Service Counties: Mecklenburg
Available to work statewide

Angela Poole

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Franklin, Graham, Haywood, Macon, Madison, Swain
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Gangs

George Porter

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Service Counties: Johnston, Wake, Wilson

Dionne Porter

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Service Counties: Johnston, Wake, Wilson

David Poston

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Service Counties: Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, McDowell, Rutherford
Expertise: Polygraph

Bob Raynor

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Service Counties: Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Duplin, Harnett, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Sampson
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear, Shooting reconstruction

Kenneth Richardson

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Service Counties: Alleghany, Davidson, Forsyth, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Union, Wilkes, Yadkin
Available to work statewide

Marc Ridgill

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Service Counties: Alamance, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Lee, Orange, Randolph, Rockingham, Surry
Available to work statewide

Kay Rivera

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Service Counties: Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Randolph, Rowan, Wake, Wilkes
Available to work statewide

Michael Robinson

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Service Counties: Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Johnston, Orange, Wake, Washington
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Gangs

Languages

Additional language: My language interpretation service provides more than 380 languages and dialects.

Christopher Rodermond

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Service Counties: Alamance, Buncombe, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Orange, Wake, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin
Available to work statewide

Languages

Spanish (Limited Proficiency)
Additional language: Russian (Limited Proficiency)

Richard Roop-lal

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Service Counties: Cabarrus, Catawba, Davidson, Davie, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Richmond, Rockingham
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction

Sam Russell

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Service Counties: Cabarrus, Catawba, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Montgomery, Randolph, Rowan, Stanly
Available to work statewide

Annie Schell

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Burke, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania, Yancey

Languages

Spanish (Limited Proficiency)

Melissa Seiler

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Service Counties: Caswell, Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes
Available to work statewide

Ashley Simmons

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Service Counties: Durham, Franklin, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Wayne
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Gangs

Patsy Simmons

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Service Counties: Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Guilford, Johnston, Orange, Person, Vance, Wake
Available to work statewide

Garland Slate

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Service Counties: Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Wayne
Available to work statewide

Joseph Smith

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Service Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson
Available to work statewide

Brian Southard

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear, Firearm / Ballistics

Erica Spence

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Service Counties: Carteret, Duplin, Edgecombe, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Pitt, Sampson
Available to work statewide

Chad Stanbery

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Service Counties: Cabarrus, Catawba, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Wake, Watauga, Wilkes
Available to work statewide

Debbie Stancil

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Service Counties: Duplin, Greene, Harnett, Johnston, Lenoir, Pender, Pitt, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson
Available to work statewide

E. Vann Tate

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Service Counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Union, Wilkes, Yadkin
Available to work statewide

Darrell Taylor

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Service Counties: Alleghany, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin

Salvatore Travaglio

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Service Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Duplin, Harnett, Johnston, Lenoir, Onslow, Pender, Sampson, Wayne
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Gangs, Shooting reconstruction

Languages

Spanish (Limited Proficiency)

Michael Vaden

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Service Counties: Cumberland, Guilford, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Wake
Available to work statewide

Languages

Spanish (Limited Proficiency)

Robert Vanuka

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Polk, Transylvania, Yancey

Jason Vasilko

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Service Counties: Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Orange, Vance, Wake

Jack Waddell

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Service Counties: Buncombe, Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rutherford, Stanly, Watauga, Wilkes
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear, Firearm / Ballistics, Gangs, Shooting reconstruction

Jerry Waller

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Service Counties: Brunswick, Buncombe, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Halifax, Lenoir, New Hanover, Wake, Wayne
Available to work statewide

John “Ben” Whitehurst

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Service Counties: Bertie, Dare, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Fingerprint / Footwear

Jerry Wiggs

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Service Counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Craven, Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Martin, Nash, Wayne, Wilson
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Polygraph

Miki Williams

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Service Counties: Carteret, Craven, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender
Available to work statewide
Expertise: Crime scene reconstruction, Gangs, Shooting reconstruction

Charles Williams

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Service Counties: Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Union

Beth Winston

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Service Counties: Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake
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