New pictures present Orange County deputy public defender Elliot Blair — who mysteriously died Monday whereas on a one-year wedding ceremony anniversary to Mexico — dancing simply hours earlier than police say he fell off a balcony outdoors his resort room, although his household believes in a different way.
Mexican web site Patrol 646 stated Blair, 33, was intoxicated and fell to his demise from a fourth-floor balcony at Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito Seaside, although his household denied that report and stated the tragic incident occurred in an “open-air walkway situated outdoors the entrance door of” the couple’s room.
In pictures taken simply hours earlier than Blair died, he may be seen dancing earlier than a band and smiling together with his spouse. Different pictures present the just lately married couple consuming out and taking in scenic seashore views on what was alleged to be a calming and romantic getaway that turned lethal for causes the Blair household remains to be making an attempt to find out.
Legal professional Case Barnett, who’s representing the Blair household, informed Fox Information that they acquired a telephone name from the native coroner’s workplace after the 33-year-old’s demise saying his explanation for demise was blunt drive trauma to the pinnacle.
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Orange County deputy public defender Elliot Blair dances simply hours earlier than his demise at a resort in Mexico.
(Legal professional Case Barnett)
Orange County deputy public defender Elliot Blair and his spouse dance on trip in Rosarito Seaside, Mexico.
(Legal professional Case Barnett)
The coroner additionally stated Blair’s case could be forwarded to the native DA’s workplace to conduct a “doable murder investigation.”
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A Mexican investigator on the scene, nevertheless, had beforehand informed Blair’s spouse that he died of a gunshot wound to the pinnacle.
Different pictures present the just lately married couple consuming out and taking in scenic seashore views on what was alleged to be a calming and romantic getaway that turned lethal for causes the Blair household remains to be making an attempt to find out.
(Legal professional Case Barnett)
The household additionally acquired a press launch from a Mexican prosecutor describing Blair’s demise as an unlucky accident, saying the 33-year-old fell off the resort’s balcony after ingesting a major quantity of alcohol.
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Blair’s household, nevertheless, doesn’t consider he was intoxicated and fell. They consider he was the sufferer of a brutal crime, based on Barnett.
Orange County deputy public defender Elliot Blair’s household doesn’t consider he was intoxicated and fell to his demise.
(Legal professional Case Barnett)
His spouse and household are devastated by the conflicting data from Mexican authorities, Barnett stated, in addition to a lack of understanding from officers.
On the night time of Blair’s demise, his spouse was asleep and apparently woke as much as hear two staff speaking via the open door of their resort room. They repeatedly requested if Blair was her “boyfriend,” at which level she awoke, went outdoors, appeared over the open-air walkway that police described as a balcony outdoors their room, and noticed her husband on the bottom, Barnett defined.
On the night time of Elliot Blair’s demise, his spouse was asleep and apparently woke as much as hear two staff speaking via the open door of their resort room.
(Legal professional Case Barnett)
She then ran downstairs and started screaming at resort staff to get an ambulance, however the staff stated the ambulance had already arrived to the scene and left, based on Barnett.
Elliot Blair’s household lawyer described the scenario as complicated for Blair’s spouse as a result of it didn’t appear as if anybody tried to render assist to her husband.
(Legal professional Case Barnett)
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The household’s lawyer described the scenario as complicated for Blair’s spouse as a result of it didn’t appear as if anybody tried to render assist to her husband.
The Blair household is conducting its personal non-public investigation into the 33-year-old lawyer’s demise.
Fox Information’ Elizabeth Pritchett and Matt Finn contributed to this report.
