Charles Edward Ervin, known to family as Charlie, was found dead in his Baltimore home on July 18, 2016, after firefighters responded to a blaze. He was 83, a Black man, a lifelong Baltimore resident, Army veteran, and a former Bethlehem Steel employee who later managed rental properties. Emergency crews extinguished the fire and discovered his body; investigators determined the fire had been intentionally set and that his body showed signs of trauma consistent with violence before the fire.

The Baltimore Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation and arson investigators were involved. If anyone knew Charlie, his routines, or saw anything around his home in mid-July 2016, please share information that might help bring answers.