Columbia Investigations offers a broad variety of services. Your investigative team will be tailored to fit
the specific needs of your case and hand picked to bring you unparalleled results.
Investigative Professionalism Recognized
Columbia Investigations and its detectives have been noteworthy and newsworthy, appearing in print and radio interviews. Please be aware that we will never violate a clients confidentiality… ever! Our clients come first!
Inquiring Eyes
Private investigator Melinda Kidder, owner of Columbia Investigations, uses her natural inquisitiveness and discipline developed through martial arts to solve cases.
Q&A: Unraveling Mysteries Is All In A Day’s Work For Private Investigator, Melinda Kidder
Columbia’s very own PI weighs in on the facts and fiction of her trade and shares some tips and tricks she’s learned along the way.
On the Job: Private Investigator
Between hanging with her little girl and practicing martial arts, Melinda Kidder scopes out scenes to get the dirt on unanswered questions and finds out some unwanted information, too.
Investigators with Integrity
Our team of detectives and support staff are committed to providing the highest quality investigative services.
I would like to offer my recommendation for Melinda and Columbia Investigations. Melinda’s assistance with my difficult and protracted situation was undertaken with the utmost professionalism and consideration. In one instance Melinda’s dogged persistence resulted in her serving a subpoena to an individual who was resolute in his efforts to not be located. Without any reservations I highly recommend Melinda and Columbia Investigations.
We have worked with Columbia Investigations on several cases and I can highly recommend them.
Melinda Kidder has provided insights and advice to others that appears both sound and reasonable. Further, she has a very enjoyable sense of humor and obvious intelligence.
Melinda is smart, tough yet compassionate, frank, ethical, loyal and competent. Her clients can trust her to do a great job, with only their best interests at heart. She is more than fair, and a very hard worker.
Useful Tips and Tricks from the Blog
Snapped: Preview – Lucille Duncan (Season 20, Episode 4) | Oxygen
When a body is discovered in the woods, authorities ask if he’s the victim of revenge from an ex-girlfriend, her over-protective brother or her 14-year-old
Surveillance or Stalking?
I’ve been contacted by a variety of clients who had decided, prior to contacting us, that they’d like to try doing surveillance on their own.
Private Parts Exposed – Part One
In today’s technologically advanced society, those in the know (or want to know) are constantly developing new ways to get at your private information. As