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Minor Character: Miami
Julia Eberly
Name Julia Eberly Winston
Gender Female
Family Unnamed mother (deceased)
Kyle Harmon (son)
Ron Saris (ex-husband)
Bill Winston (husband; deceased)
City Miami
Occupation Real Estate Developer (former)
Status Institutionalized
Portrayed By Elizabeth Berkley
First Appearance Raising Caine


​​​Julia Winston is Horatio's ex-girlfriend and Kyle Harmon's mother who reappears during the murder investigation of her current husband, Bill Winston (episode 613, "Raising Caine").

Season 6

When Kathleen Newberry, the woman Kyle kidnapped, didn't show up to the trial, he was released into the custody of his parents, both of whom had filed separate petitions for custody. Ultimately, much to Horatio's displeasure, he decided to go with Julia, wanting to give her a chance.

It was revealed that Julia had her assistant, Pamela, give Kathleen a one million dollar 'gift' to persuade her to leave Miami to prevent her son going back to prison. Only for Kathleen to be kidnapped and trapped in her car which had been pushed into a lake (episode 615, "Ambush"). When it was discovered that her psychotic ex-lover, Ron Saris was the one to kill and drown her, Horatio requested for Julia to bring him in.

However, instead she called the Brazilian police and had Horatio arrested and extracted to Brazil for the murder of Antonio Riaz. Julia came to serve as the show's antagonist, but it was also shown she is being forced into some evil actions by Ron. Julia had Horatio extradited to Brazil to try and save him from Ron, thinking he would have a better chance there (episode 616, "All In (Miami)").

Julia and Ron had just gotten married, which upset Horatio, but they later divorced the very same day (episode 621, "Going Ballistic").

Season 7

Julia is one of the prime suspects in the shooting of Horatio and has proven to be a conflicted and mysterious woman (episode 701, "Resurrection").

It is also revealed she suffers from bipolar disorder but had stopped taking her medication for it at Ron's urging (episode 705, "Bombshell").

Horatio pulled from their son from her care when it was discovered that a bottle of medication went missing from the lab. Tara Price wrongly accused Julia of this and caused Horatio to take Kyle away (episode 717, "Divorce Party"). However it is later discovered that Tara herself was the one who had stolen the bottle of medication and implicated Julia for it.

As a result Julia had grabbed her gun and headed into the morgue, where Kyle was. She fired off a single shot into a glass window, capturing the attention of Ryan Wolfe. He quickly dropped his gun when Julia asked, not having the heart to shoot her in front of Kyle (episode 724, "Dissolved").

Julia demanded that Kyle comes with her and he agreed, as long as she put the gun down. Before they could leave together, Horatio showed up. Julia then turned the gun on herself, but before she could pull the trigger, Horatio grabbed the gun, and she was handcuffed by Ryan and taken into custody. Tara Price was later arrested for stealing multiple bottles of medication and evidence tampering.

Horatio then managed to persuade the judge that Julia was mentally unfit to stand trial and was put in a mental hospital for treatment of her bipolar disorder. This is the last time Julia makes an appearance on the show.

Appearances

CSI:Miami
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 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - X - X X - - - - X N/A 4
Season 7 X - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - X - - - X - - X - 5
Total 9

Trivia

  • Julia is played by Elizabeth Berkley, who has heterochromia iridis - her right eye is partially brown and partially green, while her left eye is entirely green. This has had no apparent effect on Julia as a character.
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