CMPD’s first cadaver dog, K-9 Morty, joins CSI Unit

Published on March 14, 2018

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) –

K-9 Morty is only a year and half old, but the golden retriever is making Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department history as the department’s first cadaver dog.

Police say in the past, the department used to have to borrow a cadaver dog.

“We had to borrow a cadaver dog from another police department probably about six or seven times and we just got to the point where we realized we’ve got to have that resource our self,” said Sgt Katherine Scheimreif.

Sgt. Scheimreif, the supervisor of the CSI Unit, says when they were helping homicide detectives find the missing Uber driver last year, they had to again borrow a cadaver dog to search a lot of areas before finally finding the body of Mario Medina Chevez over the state line in York County.

After that case, the department decided to get its own. In came Morty, who is from Colombia, South America.

“He’s trained to search for human remains and that can include several different stages of human decomposition to include bone, teeth, blood,” said Morty’s handler Kenny Buhr.

Police say Buhr is also making history. Read More