| Main Character: Miami | |
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| Name | Jesse Cardoza |
| Gender | Male |
| City | Miami |
| Job | CSI |
| Rank | CSI: Level 2 |
| Status | Deceased |
| Portrayed By | Eddie Cibrian |
| First Appearance | Out of Time |
Jesse Cardoza was a Crime Scene Investigator at the Miami-Dade Crime Lab. He was a Level 2 CSI. [citation needed]
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Personality
Skills and Abilities
Early Life
In 1997, Cardoza left the Miami-Dade Police Department, transferring to LA following the conclusion of a case which led to Horatio Caine becoming lead CSI.
Season Eight
Jesse returned in 2009 to become a member of Caine's team and to pursue a killer who escaped from LA. In the finale, Jesse fell to the floor after being poisoned by halon gas that spread all over the crime lab.
Season Nine
Picking up where Season 8 left off, Jesse died when adding to being posioned by the gas, his head was struck by a piece of glass from the LCS screen on a digital camera.
Appearances
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | # | |
| Season 8 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N/A | 24 |
| Season 9 | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | 1 | ||
| Total | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relationships
Horatio Caine: Jesse worked in the Miami Police Department for some time before his transfer to LA, thus he had known Horatio and was very close to him. He was key help to Horatio in helping solve a murder in 1997
Tim Speedle: Jesse had known Speed prior to his departure from Miami and would reccomend him to Horatio's new CSI team.
Walter Simmons: Both Jesse and Walter had a very close friendship with each other and had been known to play basketball together more than once.