LA Forensics Close Encounter (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Crime

LA Forensics

Close Encounter (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Crime

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...See moreChatsworth, 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? Written by Vantage Point Productions See less

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Marie Augustine SID Fingerprints SID Fingerprints See fewer	His Name Is Bobby (2005)
Carole Balkan Diane Bates Diane Bates See fewer	Viva (II) (2007)
James Easter Bradford Matthew Fetcher (as James Warnock) Matthew Fetcher (as James Warnock) See fewer	Dante's Cove (2004)
Jim Chlopecki SID Serology SID Serology See fewer	After Dark (2008)
Wallace Demarria LAPD Officer #2 / Intruder #1 LAPD Officer #2 / Intruder #1 See fewer	A Simple Promise (2008)
Wade James Desco Sr. Joel Shanbrom Joel Shanbrom See fewer	Pool Party (2007)
Evans Forde Det. McCartin (as Drew Evans) Det. McCartin (as Drew Evans) See fewer	Euphoria (2019)
Paige Gentry Jennifer Fletcher Jennifer Fletcher See fewer	LA Forensics (2006)
Lauren Gwaley LAPD Officer #1 LAPD Officer #1 See fewer	LA Forensics (2006)
Robert Leigh Narrator Narrator See fewer	Science of Steroids (2008)
Devin Lockett Rich Marouka Rich Marouka See fewer	Weapon of Mass Destruction (2004)
Matt Marsh LAPD Officer #4 LAPD Officer #4 See fewer	Comedy Central Thanksgiving Wiikend: Thanksgiving Island (2006)
Liam McCarty Son - Jacob Son - Jacob See fewer	Call 911 (2008)
Menamy Mitanes Det. Ito Det. Ito See fewer	Vanquisher (2011)
Doug Purcell Detective #3 Detective #3 See fewer	Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Sean Riggs Intruder #2 Intruder #2 See fewer	Lazarus (I) (2021)
Jerome Schwab SID SID See fewer	LA Forensics (2006)
Scott Sivley SID Fingerprints SID Fingerprints See fewer	LA Forensics (2006)