Elliot Blair was celebrating his first wedding ceremony anniversary when he died in Rosarito, Mexico, on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (Household GoFundMe web page)
The household of an Orange County public defender, skeptical of stories that he died in an unintended fall from a balcony in Rosarito, Mexico, are insisting towards Mexican officers cremating his stays to allow them to conduct a whole and impartial post-mortem to attempt to learn how he died.
The household of Elliot Blair, 33, mentioned in an announcement on their GoFundMe page, that they imagine he was the sufferer of a brutal crime.
Members of the family mentioned they’ve acquired restricted details about the case, and have been working with U.S. officers, however haven’t heard from Mexican police or prosecutors.
They mentioned their solely contact has been a liaison who had been in touch with the health worker’s workplace that carried out an post-mortem. They mentioned that particular person informed them Monday that Blair had died from extreme head trauma, that the case had been forwarded to the district lawyer’s workplace for a attainable murder investigation, and {that a} toxicology report had not been accomplished.
“The household of Elliot Blair is totally reeling from the tragic demise of this wonderful younger man,” the household wrote. “The household, which has in depth authorized coaching in prison regulation, wholeheartedly believes based mostly on their preliminary investigation, that Elliot was the sufferer of a brutal crime.”
Blair died Saturday at Las Rocas Resort and Spa, which is about 40 miles south of San Diego. Mexican authorities mentioned he fell in an unlucky accident off a balcony. The household says he died in an open-air walkway exterior the entrance door of the couple’s room.
The household says that moreover the coroner’s liaison, Mexican authorities haven’t given them any additional details about Blair’s demise.
“As well as, it’s extremely unlucky that all through this whole devastating ordeal, his loving spouse, has been given a number of variations of what occurred to Elliot,” the assertion mentioned.
The household mentioned that the couple had stayed at Las Rocas on a number of events, generally in the identical third-floor room, over the past 5 years. The household mentioned he was not intoxicated on the time regardless of what early stories indicated.
Pals and colleagues are in mourning.
John Jenks, a personal investigator who labored with Blair on drug instances mentioned he was a devoted lawyer who had compassion for his purchasers. He mentioned he had no data that led him to imagine that the demise was linked to his work.
He was shocked when he noticed the information report about Blair’s demise.
“My coronary heart simply breaks,” he mentioned.
Blair and his spouse have been each public defenders.
“Elliot was a compassionate lawyer who devoted his life to serving indigent purchasers,” the GoFundMe web page mentioned. “Elliot was often called a affected person and caring advocate. He was one of the best of us and was beloved by numerous members of our workplace and the Orange County authorized neighborhood. We’re heartbroken.”
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