Max Carr was a Detective Sergeant, serving with the Weatherfield Police force. During 2010, Carr was in charge of the investigation into the death of Joe McIntyre and arrived in Coronation Street on 22nd February 2010 to tell Joe's widow Gail about her husband's death. Gail soon revealed that while on holiday with Joe at Lake Windermere, Joe had told her that he was going to fake his own death to escape from loan shark Rick Neelan. Gail had tried to stop Joe but he sailed away in his boat without her. Gail claimed not to know what happened to Joe after that.