Postell did series of articles on medical examiners in Georgia
During Charles Postell’s investigation of the murder of Harrison Mobley while a suspect in Sheriff Bud Williford’s custody, he enlisted the services of State Medical Examiner Joe Burton in Atlanta to assist in reviewing the autopsy reports/evidence and revealed the incompetency of Larry Howard’s investigation
Charles Postell’s investigation of Sheriff Bud Williford was merciless, which led to the exposure of other crooked law enforcement, such as GBI Region 9’s Thomasville head Thomas “Buck” Bentley, who was one of MItchell County Sheriff Williford’s long-time cronies.
Obtaining the autopsy reports from the crime lab, Charles Postell then took it to state medical examiner Joe Burton.
For Charles Postell’s magazine, Georgia Monthly, he featured his investigation of Williford and the work of Dr. Joe Burton, who had helped uncover the small-town law enforcement’s corruption, and the flawed coroner system in Georgia.
Investigative journalism during the 70s was in its prime; Charles Postell relentlessly exposed the corruption rife in the 30-county Southwest Georgia beat he covered for The Albany Herald. His ongoing feud with Sheriff Bud Williford became a source of public banter, even the fodder for local cartoonists.
Charles Postell levelled an investigation on Mitchell County Sheriff Bug Willilford after a black suspect in his custody was shot and killed. Suspecting Williford of murdering Mobley, he took all reports to Fulton County medical examiner Joe Burton and proved not only Mobley’s homicide, but shed light on Georgia’s grossly underqualified medical examiners and coroner system.