About Us
Since 1994, Carolina Investigations, Inc. has been providing private detective services and private investigation services to many private citizens and businesses in Spartanburg, South Carolina and beyond. Our Clients include single-parents, grandparents, married couples, law firms, insurance companies, major corporations and small business. We provide discreet professional and confidential service to the Carolinas.
Our Spartanburg, SC based private investigation and private detective firm is staffed by experienced, licensed, professional private investigators and are trained to deal with all aspects of private detective / private investigation work such as:
- Adultery / Infidelity Investigations
- Cheating Spouse Investigations
- Surveillance
- Child Custody Investigations
- Forensic Interviews of Children
- Court Ordered Home Studies
- Private Home Study
- Hidden Video
- Activity Checks
- Background Checks
- Recorded Statements
- Workers' Compensation Surveillance / Fraud Detection
- Pre-Employment Screening
- Process Service
- Litigation Support
Carolina Investigations, Inc. is highly qualified in surveillance techniques. Pride is taken in their innovative skills that provide covert, high-tech surveillance results. The Subject's filmed, 95% of the time, never have a clue that they have been captured on video.
The performance and professionalism maintained by Kenneth Walter and Marty Henderson has produced a company that provides better service, quality, and results at a much lesser cost than larger companies. These cost and time savings allow for more investigation time to be spent on other cases. Many of these larger companies are already exclusively utilizing their services for North and South Carolina.
Located in Spartanburg and Charleston, S.C., Carolina Investigations, Inc. is licensed in North and South Carolina, maintaining $2,000,000.00 in liability insurance coverage. Kenneth and Marty currently conduct or supervise all investigations, a trained staff of investigators, provide the tools to maintain their commitment to their clients. Carolina Investigations, Inc. welcomes all new and prospective clients to challenge our result-oriented services and to grow with the best confidential service company in the Carolinas.
Every member of our PI firm must pass an extensive criminal background investigation, ensuring us and our clients that all private eyes bearing our company license are qualified and reliable.
We have the experience, training, and discretion to design and implement specialized detective services to meet your specific needs. We are pleased that you are considering us for your investigative and process service needs, both online and offline. We look forward to working with you.
Carolina Investigations, Inc. is proud to be affiliated with private investigation, private detective, and process service professional organizations including The South Carolina Association of Legal Investigators, The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Education Association, The South Carolina Claims Association and the Charlotte, NC Claims Association, just to name a few.
Company Background
Founding partners, Kenneth R. Walter and Marty K. Henderson, have been the top investigators for some of the largest companies in the southeast. In 1995, they conceived the idea of forming a company to utilize their skills and at the same time provide their clients with a commitment of low-cost, high-quality investigations. Both have been leaders in keeping up with technology within their field. To stay up with current laws and techniques, both attend seminars throughout the year to maintain continuing education credits. Ken and Marty are also licensed investigators in North and South Carolina.
In 2000, as the company continued to outpace the expected growth rate for the industry, Steve Harris joined the team and opened the Charleston, South Carolina office, which is the home base for all coastal investigations in the Carolinas. Steve brings valuable investigative tools and techniques as well as additional marketing skills to the company.
The Staff
Ken received his BS degree in Criminal Justice from the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg and is a member of The South Carolina Association of Legal Investigators. In 2005, SCALI named him Investigator of the Year. He is also a member of the Columbia Claims Association, Charlotte Claims Association and Piedmont Claims Association as well as a member of the S.C. Workers' Compensation Education Association. He also has an honorable discharge from the United States Navy where he spent his service time aboard Submarines. Ken is also the editor /publisher for the quarterly issue of the SCALI Journal. Ken is a licensed private investigator in North and South Carolina.
Marty received his BA degree in Political Science from the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg and is a member of The South Carolina Association of Legal Investigators and South Carolina Fraud Investigators. In May of 2005, he was named to the Executive Committee for SCALI and holds the position of Piedmont Regional Director. He is also a member of the S.C. Workers' Compensation Education Association. Marty was named Private Investigator of the Year in 2008 by SCALI. Marty is a licensed private investigator in North and South Carolina.
Steve received his BS in Criminal Justice from the University of South Carolina. His previous experience includes working with several of the largest investigative companies in the southeast. He is a member of The South Carolina Association of Legal Investigators, S.C. Workers' Compensation Education Association, Columbia Claims Association, Charlotte Claims Association and Charleston Claims Association. Steve is a licensed private investigator in North and South Carolina.
Greg is a former Spartanburg Public Safety officer and was later an investigator with their investigative division. He later joined the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s office where he was a member of the K-9 tracking team and an investigator with the Burglary Task Force. He has course work in advanced interview and interrogation, narcotics detection, robbery and burglary. He also has extensive experience with courtroom testimony. Greg is a member of the South Carolina Association of Legal Investigators (SCALI). He received the rank of red belt in the Martial Arts of Tae Kwon Do. Greg is a licensed private investigator in North and South Carolina.
Shanon received her BA in Psychology from the University of South Carolina. Her prior experience includes working for the Department of Social Services for 11 years as the Human Services Supervisor and front line Child & Elderly Abuse/Neglect investigator. She has extensive training in forensic interviewing of children, and she is qualified to conduct home evaluations for Family Court and private child custody actions. Shanon is a member of the South Carolina Association of Legal Investigators (SCALI) and is a licensed private investigator in South Carolina.