that the police were still waiting on the results of a final ballistics report, and Detective Mike Publicker said at the time that the investigation was 60 to 70 percent complete.

"That was a bad choice of words, what he meant to say was that it was 70 percent closed," Snowden said.

Since the press conference, the police have offered no significant update on the case, which garnered national attention as speculation about the nature of the shooting ran rampant. Several of Chasen's friends and colleagues have publicly and privately questioned the police's explanation of the incident and Smith's role in the slaying.

Chasen was killed soon after midnight on November 16 while driving home from an after-party for the premiere of "Burlesque." After being shot several times, she crashed herblack Mercedes-Benz coupe into a light pole on Whittier Boulevard at Sunset Boulevard at about 12:27 a.m. Residents discovered her slumped over in the vehicle; her purse was not taken from the car. She was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 1:12 a.m.