LA Forensics Close Encounter (2006– ) Online
- Original Title :
- Close Encounter
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Crime
- Year :
- 2006–
- Cast :
- Marie Augustine,Carole Balkan,James Easter Bradford
- Writer :
- Graham Flashner
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 6.1/10
Chatsworth, California. A rural suburb in LA's sprawling San Fernando Valley. Still rugged and rural in parts, it's best known as a place where some of Hollywood's "B" westerns were shot. But in 1998 it also became known as the site of one of LA's most intriguing murder stories. On a warm spring evening, the body of 32 year-old Joel Shanbrom was discovered by his mother-in-law when she returned home from dinner. He was on the couch and appeared to have been shot. Joel's wife Jennifer was hiding with her 3 year-old son in the 2nd story bathroom. She is terrified and tells investigators that she fled there after hearing a gunshot. She also claims to have heard loud arguing and a struggle just before the shots were fired. Was her husband's death the result of a home invasion robbery or did he know his killers?
| Episode credited cast: | |||
 | Marie Augustine | - | SID Fingerprints |
| Carole Balkan | - | Diane Bates |
| James Easter Bradford | - | Matthew Fetcher (as James Warnock) |
| Jim Chlopecki | - | SID Serology |
 | Wallace Demarria | - | LAPD Officer #2 / Intruder #1 |
| Wade James Desco Sr. | - | Joel Shanbrom |
| Evans Forde | - | Det. McCartin (as Drew Evans) |
| Paige Gentry | - | Jennifer Fletcher |
| Lauren Gwaley | - | LAPD Officer #1 |
| Robert Leigh | - | Narrator |
 | Devin Lockett | - | Rich Marouka |
 | Matt Marsh | - | LAPD Officer #4 |
 | Liam McCarty | - | Son - Jacob |
 | Menamy Mitanes | - | Det. Ito |
 | Doug Purcell | - | Detective #3 |