An attorney for Elliot Blair’s family claims that his head was likely “hit and dragged” by more than one person before dying while on a vacation in Mexico.
Blair, a public defender in California, was vacationing in Rosita, Mexico last month with his wife Kimberly Williams celebrating their one-year anniversary when he was found dead outside an entrance to a three-story hotel.
Mexican authorities have been inconsistent in its explanations for Blair’s death, but the family believes it was a murder.
Mexican authorities claim that his death “was the result of an unfortunate accident due to the fall of the deceased from a third floor,” stating that Blair was possibly intoxicated and trying to shoo pigeons away.
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Blair’s wife, Williams, said that her husband’s death wasn’t an accident during an appearance on Good Morning America.
“I just know it’s not an accident,” Williams said. “I know he didn’t fall. I just know that.”
Case Barnett, an attorney for Blair’s family, told the New York Post that foul play was involved.
“It’s obvious to us and to the experts we have spoken to that this is foul play,” Barnett said. “It’s either he fell to his knees for some reason or he got hit and dragged. One of our experts told us that it’s likely that more than one man did this if you look at the damage to Elliot’s head.”
After a night on the town, Williams was woken up at 1:40 a.m. by employees at the hotel asking about Blair, then pointed to his body that was three stories below.
“I turned to the side, I didn’t see him there, so I ran out the front door, and they’re pointing over the side of our front door area to the ground,” Williams said. “Well, that was my Elliot down there.”
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