[center][b]Dr. Carla "Carl" Gugino[/b], medical examiner
[img]http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/93/79/27/937927e1466e3ea93662640423c55868.jpg[/img][/center]Carla Gugino, known as "Carl", was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida by her Italian mother, who was a registered nurse. Carla is the Chief Medical Examiner of the Las Vegas Police Department who spent most of her childhood in hospital environments. From a very early age, she was able to understand the cycle of life (healing, birth and death) and as a woman who graduated with a Masters Degree in Physiology from college. At a young age, Carla was hit head-on by a drunk driver and broke one of her legs. For support, she walks with the use of a walking staff. Carla took her first job as a coroner in Arlington, Virginia, where she remained for several years before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, with her husband and three children. She has ever since remained there as the Chief Medical Examiner of the graveyard shift at LVPD CSI. 

She is an intellectual equal and she seems neither nonplussed nor disturbed by the actions and habits in the various subcultures and miscarriages of humanity. Due to her age and disability, she usually goes herself to examine the body on site. Gugino has a good working relationship and mentorship with her colleagues. Little was revealed of Gugino's personal life. She was a twin, though the other was stillborn. Her mother attributed her career choice to "spending so many days next to a dead body." She has a Siamese cat which had kittens, but she is more of a dog person. She is also terrified of rats, and she would suit up in a hazmat suit before hunting for an escaped rat in the mortuary. It was revealed that she and her husband are grandparents as their daughter just had a baby boy. Gugino has a fondness for coffee, specifically macchiatos and she also keeps an album of autopsy photos of celebrities who have died in Las Vegas who wound up on her table.