An legal professional for the household of the California lawyer discovered lifeless on a Mexican trip stated he was seemingly assaulted by multiple individual and was presumably ‘hit and dragged’ earlier than his demise.
Case Barnett, an legal professional for Elliot Blair’s grieving widow, advised the New York Put up that the state of Blair’s lifeless physique painted an ‘apparent’ image to ‘specialists’ that ‘foul play’ was concerned within the younger man’s demise.
‘It’s both he fell to his knees for some cause or he bought hit and dragged. Considered one of our specialists advised us it is seemingly that multiple man did this if you happen to take a look at the harm to Elliot’s head,’ he stated.
He added {that a} darkish mark on the sufferer’s left arm could also be proof that he tried to defend himself throughout an altercation.
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Elliot Blair (proper) and Kim Williams (left) have been on trip in Mexico final month celebrating their 1st wedding ceremony anniversary, when Blair mysteriously died
The 33-year-old lawyer’s explanation for demise stays a thriller almost one month after his January 14 demise on the Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito Seaside, simply south of Tijuana, Mexico, the place he was on trip along with his spouse to have a good time their first wedding ceremony anniversary.
Kim Williams, Blair’s widow, beforehand stated that earlier within the night, she and Elliot had been shaken down by native police at a site visitors cease.
She stated that after the pair left the Splash Baja restaurant and bar at round 7pm, they have been stopped for not coming to an entire halt at an intersection by two policemen in a squad truck.
‘The officer requested us the place we have been staying and what we have been doing in Rosarito.
‘Elliot advised him we have been on trip. He requested us once more for money. At that time, Elliot pulled out his Orange County Public Defender’s badge,’ she stated.
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‘Elliot checked out him sternly and stated, ‘Look, we’re attorneys, and we’re not going to play these video games. We’ll do that the proper means. Take us to the station, and I’ll pay with a card and you’ll give me a receipt,” she added.
The officers continued to demand money and ultimately settled for the $160 that was within the {couples}’ wallets.
‘We thought, ‘Thank God they didn’t pull us out of the automotive,’ and so they didn’t do something extra. That entire interplay took round 10 minutes.’
The pair headed again to the lodge room at round 11.45pm, the place Williams fell asleep solely to be woken two hours later by lodge workers who knowledgeable her her husband was lifeless, face-down on the resort’s walkway.
Biomechanics and damage knowledgeable Dr. Rami Cannabis, who was employed by Blair’s household to evaluate the case stated he thinks it is ‘comparatively clear the damage sample[s] simply merely don’t add up with each other.’
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‘There’s bruising marks on the physique. There’s indications of doubtless being dragged on the entrance of the physique. There’s fractures to the again of the cranium. Nothing actually factors to the truth that it was essentially an accident,’ he stated throughout a Good Morning America look.
Forensic pathology Dr. Michael Baden additionally reviewed the post-mortem report of Blair that had been ready by the Mexican authorities and concluded that Blair’s demise was a case of ‘aggravated murder.’
‘On the idea of the supplies, it’s my opinion that Elliot Blair died of a number of blunt drive accidents and that he was murdered after returning to the lodge,’ he advised the Put up.
Varied accidents on Blair’s physique led US officers to imagine he was murdered
The black mark on the deceased’s left arm may very well be proof, specialists say, that he fought again in opposition to some type of assault
The Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito Seaside, the place Blair’s physique was discovered on the lodge’s major walkway under the couple’s room
Blair and Williams have been seen dancing hours earlier than the previous was discovered lifeless on the walkway of the resort
The completely happy couple are pictured on their wedding ceremony day in January 2022
Mexican authorities have continued to assert the demise was an unintended fall from a second flooring balcony.
The household is hopeful {that a} second, non-public post-mortem will present extra clues about how Blair died and why he could have been killed. They’ve, nonetheless, but to obtain any sort of report from Mexican authorities.
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Williams, in tears, stated: ‘We’re struggling to grasp who would do that. We try to see what the police have carried out as a result of none of this is smart.’
‘I do know 1,000 % know he was murdered as a result of none of this provides up. I do know my husband and he would by no means stroll exterior our room in his underwear and T-shirt. The one cause he can be exterior of our room solely in his underwear is that if he heard one thing or somebody got here to the door,’ She continued.
‘Our objective in all of that is to get solutions for Elliot. I don’t know who would do that to him, nor his household, and that is why we try to get these solutions. I do know in my coronary heart, and based mostly on the post-mortem report and accidents discovered on him, it does not make sense to be the rest however homicide.’
Household and colleagues wrote on a GoFundMe web page for Blair he was ‘tragically killed’ and died resulting from a ‘brutal crime’.
In a quick assertion, Mexican authorities stated they’re investigating his demise and are in touch with American authorities by means of the US Justice Division and the FBI, which in flip is passing info to Blair’s household.
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Fire engines drive through flames ripping across Highway 36 as the Park fire continues to burn near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California on July 26, 2024. A huge, fast-moving and rapidly growing wildfire in northern California has forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and perilously dry conditions, authorities said on July 26.
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CHICO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 26: A massive pyrocumulus cloud rises from the Park Fire, which has grown to 239,152 acres and is 0 percent contained, expands at a rapid rate on July 26, 2024 near Chico, California. Strong winds and dried vegetation fueled the fire that exploded 70,000 acres in the first 24 hours after a man allegedly pushed a burning car into a ravine to intentionally set the blaze. In 2018, more than 18,000 structures were destroyed and 85 people killed in the nearby town of Paradise when the Camp Fire entrapped thousand of people and became the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history.
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CHICO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 26: A massive pyrocumulus cloud rises from the Park Fire, which has grown to 239,152 acres and is 0 percent contained, expands at a rapid rate on July 26, 2024 near Chico, California. Strong winds and dried vegetation fueled the fire that exploded 70,000 acres in the first 24 hours after a man allegedly pushed a burning car into a ravine to intentionally set the blaze. In 2018, more than 18,000 structures were destroyed and 85 people killed in the nearby town of Paradise when the Camp Fire entrapped thousand of people and became the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history.
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Vehicles drive through flames ripping across Highway 36 as the Park fire continues to burn near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California on July 26, 2024. A huge, fast-moving and rapidly growing wildfire in northern California has forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and perilously dry conditions, authorities said on July 26.
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TOPSHOT – Resident Grant Douglas takes a drink of water while evacuating his wife and dog as the Park fire continues to burn near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California on July 26, 2024. More than 1,150 personnel are deployed to fight the blaze, which has burned more than 180,000 acres and burned dozens of homes, and more than 3,500 people have been forced to flee their homes, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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TOPSHOT – A property is seen in flames as the Park fire continues to burn near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California on July 26, 2024. A huge, fast-moving and rapidly growing wildfire in northern California has forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and perilously dry conditions, authorities said on July 26.
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A destroyed car is seen parked along Cohasset Road in Cohasset, Calif. Friday, July 26, 2024 after the Park Fire ripped through the community and continues to burn through Butte County.
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CHICO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 27: The ruins of a structure are seen near the small community of Payne Creek as the Park Fire, which has grown to 348,370 acres and is still 0 percent contained, continues to expand on July 27, 2024 near Chico, California. Strong winds and dried vegetation fueled the fire that exploded 70,000 acres in the first 24 hours after a man allegedly pushed a burning car into a ravine to intentionally set the blaze. In 2018, more than 18,000 structures were destroyed and 85 people killed in the nearby town of Paradise when the Camp Fire entrapped thousands of people and became the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history.
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CHICO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 27: Wild turkeys walk on scorched earth near the small community of Payne Creek as the Park Fire, which has grown to 348,370 acres and is still 0 percent contained, continues to expand on July 27, 2024 near Chico, California. Strong winds and dried vegetation fueled the fire that exploded 70,000 acres in the first 24 hours after a man allegedly pushed a burning car into a ravine to intentionally set the blaze. In 2018, more than 18,000 structures were destroyed and 85 people killed in the nearby town of Paradise when the Camp Fire entrapped thousands of people and became the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history.
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CHICO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 27: A burned truck is seen near the small community of Payne Creek as the Park Fire, which has grown to 348,370 acres and is still 0 percent contained, continues to expand on July 27, 2024 near Chico, California. Strong winds and dried vegetation fueled the fire that exploded 70,000 acres in the first 24 hours after a man allegedly pushed a burning car into a ravine to intentionally set the blaze. In 2018, more than 18,000 structures were destroyed and 85 people killed in the nearby town of Paradise when the Camp Fire entrapped thousands of people and became the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history.
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CHICO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 27: The ruins of a structure are seen near the small community of Payne Creek as the Park Fire, which has grown to 348,370 acres and is still 0 percent contained, continues to expand on July 27, 2024 near Chico, California. Strong winds and dried vegetation fueled the fire that exploded 70,000 acres in the first 24 hours after a man allegedly pushed a burning car into a ravine to intentionally set the blaze. In 2018, more than 18,000 structures were destroyed and 85 people killed in the nearby town of Paradise when the Camp Fire entrapped thousands of people and became the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history.
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CHICO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 27: The ruins of a structure are seen near the small community of Payne Creek as the Park Fire, which has grown to 348,370 acres and is still 0 percent contained, continues to expand on July 27, 2024 near Chico, California. Strong winds and dried vegetation fueled the fire that exploded 70,000 acres in the first 24 hours after a man allegedly pushed a burning car into a ravine to intentionally set the blaze. In 2018, more than 18,000 structures were destroyed and 85 people killed in the nearby town of Paradise when the Camp Fire entrapped thousands of people and became the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history.
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