List of Minor CSI: Miami Characters - Recurring Characters

Recurring Characters

• Medical Examiner Tom Loman (Christian Clemenson, season 8–10): The current medical examiner. Despite the macabre nature of his work, he seems genuinely excited by it, even performing an autopsy on the fly for some medical students on a cadaver donated to science which was eventually discovered to be a victim of a crime the CSI's were investigating. In contrast to his usually upbeat demeanor, he does occasionally lament at how violent people can be to each other.
• AV Tech Dave Benton (Wes Ramsey, season 7–10): The current Audio/Visual tech for the Miami Dade Crime Lab who is a rock-star type of guy. (Ramsey had previously appeared as Kip Martin in the Season 1 episode, "Spring Break".)
• MDPD Homicide Detective Jake Berkeley (Johnny Whitworth, season 5–8): An undercover officer with the MDPD narcotics unit. As of episode 512 ("Internal Affairs"), he has moved to being a homicide detective. He and Calleigh dated while they were in the Academy. At the end of season 5 and in season 6, they had again begun a relationship but new department regulations involving officer fraternization and pressure from Rick Stetler caused Berkeley to break things off. He resumed his undercover duty in episode 821 ("Meltdown"), tracking a gang of diamond thieves.
• Raymond Caine, Sr. (Dean Winters) and (Chistopher Stapleton): Horatio's brother who faked his death while working undercover. He is eventually reunited with his wife, Yelina Salas and son Ray Jr. with the three flying to Rio to start a new life for themselves. Unfortunately, Ray's attempts to get clean fail and over time, he becomes involved with the Mala Noche and is later beaten to death by Antonio Riaz, and dies in Horatio's arms but not before urging Horatio to save Ray Jr.
• Kyle Harmon (Evan Ellingson): The son of Horatio Caine and Julia Winston. See Kyle Harmon for full biography.
• Ron Saris (Kim Coates, season 6–7): Boyfriend and later ex-husband of Julia Winston. Suspected by Horatio in an illegal-ammunition case. Married Julia Winston in "Going Ballistic" (the sixth-season finale). Julia double-crosses him for Caine in the season seven premiere when he was planning to escape the United States by boat. He shoots at Caine when Caine is revealed and runs, Horatio shoots a fuel canister on the boat and blows it up, but Saris' body is never found. He is later revealed to have survived the explosion in "Chip/Tuck", where he is shown to have had some surgery on the left side of his face, which was burned by the explosion. He becomes a confidential informant for the Miami police, which ensures that Horatio and the rest of the teams cannot arrest him for any crimes (as informants are given immunity), which was his intent.
• WFOR-TV Newscaster Erica Sykes (Amy Laughlin, season 3–5, 9): An aggressive, ambitious young news reporter for Miami's CBS station WFOR-TV. Her antics are often described as crazy by the CSI team and they generally find her annoying, especially Ryan Wolfe. She targeted Ryan and broadcast him at close range, much to his annoyance but in the end, the team uses her tapes to find their suspect (episode 401, "From the Grave"). In the season 4 episode "Free Fall", Ryan warned her to stay away from two former prisoners after he suspected that they are targets for murder. She refused to listen and got shot in the process. It is Erica who revealed to Ryan that there was a mole in the lab in a special extended scene that was available on www.cbs.com after the episode "Urban Hellraisers" aired. She also helps Ryan in a case regarding abuse of eminent domain, with the government evicting people from their homes before turning the land over to a private developer (episode 505, "Death Eminent"). In a later episode, however, she puts the life of Natalia's sister at risk by mentioning on the air that she is a victim in a kidnapping (episode 508, "Darkroom"). It is implied that CSI Boa Vista was jealous of Ryan and Erica's "closeness".
• Laboratory Technician Michael Travers (Christopher Redman, season 7–10): British trace analyst. Has a background knowledge about horse racing which was helpful for a case (713, And They're Offed). He always seemed to be nosy about what's going on about a case but shows that he cares about the team.
• Laboratory Technician Cynthia Wells (Brooke Bloom, season 2–5, 8–10): Questioned Documents lab tech.
• Laboratory Technician Sam Belmontes (Cristian de la Fuente, season 1–2, 10): Chemical Analysis lab tech.