The body of Elliot Blair has been returned to Southern California, where his family has ordered an independent autopsy, according to their attorney
The body of an Orange County lawyer whose death in Mexico is still clouded by questions has been returned to Southern California, where his family has ordered an independent autopsy, according to their attorney.Jan. 14 at Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito Beach, a popular tourist area in Baja California. He and his wife, Kimberly Williams, also an Orange County deputy public defender, were on vacation celebrating their first wedding anniversary.
The family wants to know “what happened to him that night, whether it was a fall or an attack, we want to know,” Barnett said.Elliot Blair’s family and Mexican authorities disagree on what may have caused the deputy public defender’s death. Blair’s family members, meanwhile, said they have been left to decipher conflicting information and have not had direct contact with Mexican authorities, often receiving reports about Blair’s death from intermediaries or local media.
The family also said the coroner liaison told them prosecutors had ordered for Blair’s body to be embalmed, which eliminated their hopes of conducting an independent toxicology report to refute statements that Blair was inebriated when he died. Authorities at the scene on the night Blair died suggested he was drunk, which Williams repeatedly denied.
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