Charles Wingle

Charles Edward Wingle was a young man of Detroit whose life touched family and neighbors until it was cut short on December 4, 2010. Public records and community appeals describe Charles as 21 years old at the time of his passing. While formal obituary notices matching his name and exact date of death were not located in accessible funeral-home or newspaper archives, contemporary public notices and community crime-alert postings confirm his identity and the date he was found.

Because published memorials from family or funeral providers could not be located online, what is available of Charles’s public record is the sober acknowledgement of a life lost: local Crime Stoppers and community information pages record his full name, age, and the location in Detroit where he was discovered, and these notices were created to ask for help from neighbors who might remember him. Those notices reflect a community effort to hold on to a young life and to ask for information that might bring clarity to grieving loved ones.

Out of respect for Charles and the privacy of his family, this remembrance does not speculate about his daily routines, relationships, or private life beyond what reliable public sources state. Even when the public record is sparse, it is clear that Charles was a real person whose absence was felt by people in his neighborhood and by family who endured the suddenness of his death. This page honors him by recognizing his identity and putting a name and a date to a life that matters.

If you knew Charles, shared time with him, or have memories you would like recorded, contributing those remembrances to family-authorized memorials or contacting local archives and funeral homes can help preserve more of who he was beyond the limited public record. For now, this brief life story aims to acknowledge Charles Edward Wingle as a young Detroit man remembered by those who loved him.