Aiden Burn

CSI character
csi_serie=CSI: NY
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name=Aiden Burn
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city=New York City
job=Former CSI; Fired
rank=Former Detective 3rd Grade; Fired
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seasons=,
portrayer=Vanessa Ferlito
first= MIA/NYC NonStop
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Aiden Burn was a fictional character featured in the TV series "". She was played by Vanessa Ferlito.

Overview

Aiden was a Brooklyn native who had the ability to adapt to new situations very quickly and had a love and drive for her job similar to that of Sara Sidle on "".

She was dismissed from the team in season two, episode 2 ("") after becoming obsessed with a rape case concerning her friend Regina Bowen. Regina had previously been raped by a man named D.J. Pratt, but had not sought to press charges against him at the time, in spite of the forensic evidence that linked him to the crime. Regina was raped by Pratt a second time later on, and she sought out Aiden's help. Unfortunately for Regina, Pratt had left no evidence that he had assaulted Regina this time, but Regina was adamant about pressing charges against him.

Aiden pulled the evidence gathered from the first rape, which included one of Pratt's hairs. She broke the seal on the packet containing Pratt's hair and contemplated planting it at the alleged scene. Though Aiden did not actually plant the hair, the fact that she had broken the seal on the evidence packet earned her a severe reprimand from her supervisor, Detective Mac Taylor. Intent on preserving the integrity of the crime lab, Mac felt that he had no other option than to fire Aiden. Aiden understood Mac's decision, even agreeing with it, because she admitted to not knowing if she would resist similar temptation in the future. Before she left, she got Mac to promise that he would eventually bring Pratt to justice. Aiden's dismissal from the team left a vacancy that would be filled by Lindsay Monroe, a transfer from Bozeman, Montana ("Zoo York").

After her dismissal from the crime lab, Aiden was apparently working on getting her private investigator's license while continuing to search for evidence that would conclusively tie Pratt to the Regina Bowen case. In the penultimate season 2 episode , Aiden, after shadowing Pratt for months, was lured, ambushed, and brutally murdered by him, her body incinerated inside a stolen car. However, knowing that her time was drawing short, she left behind critical evidence that she knew would help her former colleagues to close in on Pratt and finally see him arrested.

Aiden's murder devastated Mac and the rest of the team, particularly Detective Danny Messer. Though she at one time had joked that she was way out of his league, Aiden and Danny shared a very close relationship.