The family of a public defender who died whereas celebrating his wedding anniversary in Mexico believes he was the victim of a “brutal crime,” their lawyer stated Tuesday.
Elliot Blair, 33, died Saturday exterior his hotel room at Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito Seaside, roughly 50km south of San Diegothe lawyer, David Scarsone, stated in an announcement.
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The incident occurred in an open-air walkway on the resort’s third flooring, he stated.
The US household didn’t hear in regards to the Californian man’s demise instantly from native authorities; as an alternative, they realized about what occurred from a “liaison” to the native coroner’s workplace, the lawyer’s assertion stated.
The liaison, who shouldn’t be recognized within the assertion, instructed the household that Blair died of extreme head trauma and that his case had been forwarded to prosecutors for a potential murder investigation, the assertion stated.
In a statement to The Orange County Registerthe lawyer normal’s workplace stated Blair’s demise appeared to have been the “results of an unlucky accident from a fall by the now deceased from a third-storey flooring.”
Neither Rosarito Seaside Mayor Hilda Araceli Brown Figueredo nor Las Rocas Resort responded to requests for remark Tuesday night time.
The lawyer normal of Baja California didn’t reply to a request for remark Tuesday.
Mexican authorities stated in an announcement they’re investigating and are in touch with US officers who’re informing Blair’s household, the newspaper reported.
The US State Division stated it was conscious of studies of the demise of a citizen in Rosarito Seaside, Mexico.
“We stand prepared to supply all applicable consular help,” the division stated in an announcement Wednesday. “Out of respect for the household throughout this troublesome time, we’ve no additional remark.”
Blair was present in his underwear and socks and a sleeping T-shirt exterior a room the place he and his spouse had stayed prior to now, the lawyer’s assertion stated.
Blair was not intoxicated, it stated.
A toxicology report has not been accomplished, the assertion stated.
Blair’s household plans to hold out an unbiased investigation, hiring a personal investigator and a forensic pathologist, Scarsone stated.
“Elliot was an excellent lawyer with a shiny future,” the assertion stated. “Elliot’s smile was radiant and warmed the hearts of each particular person he got here in touch with. Elliot had an innate potential to attach with individuals from all walks of life.”
Orange County Public Defender Martin Schwarz instructed The Register that Blair had labored for the general public defender’s workplace since 2017, the yr he handed the bar examination.
His spouse, Kimberly, additionally labored for the general public defender’s workplace, Schwarz instructed the newspaper.
He stated Blair was a “devoted husband, terrific particular person and a unbelievable lawyer who devoted his life to serving his purchasers and serving to the county’s most weak.”
