Elliot Blair, a US citizen, died in Mexico under conditions that have caused controversy due to the contradictory versions of events. The Attorney General of the State of Baja California declared that the cause of death was a blow to the head due to an accident. His family, on the other hand, believes it was a brutal murder, and perhaps a coverup.
On Saturday, January 14, Elliot Blair lost his life when he fell from the third floor of the Las Rocas Resort and Spa hotel, located in Rosarito. According to local authorities, the man suffered a free fall from the balcony of his room in what they considered an “unfortunate accident” because they maintain there is no evidence that shows intentional homicide.
The state prosecutor, Ricardo Iván Carpio Sánchez, did not rule out the possibility that new evidence could be collected in the investigations that could open new theories. However, for now, the official version maintains that the event was the result of an involuntary act on the part of Elliot himself. In an interview for TijuanaPress, the official explained:
“The cause of death was due to a head injury. (…) This is an unfortunate accident, for now, as long as it is not updated with new data that can be discovered. Considering the version of witnesses who say that the deceased was celebrating his wedding anniversary in this tourist hotel, drinking some alcoholic beverages with his companion,” explained Carpio.
Elliot, 33, a public attorney by profession, was in Mexico celebrating his wedding anniversary. According to the prosecutor, the subject and his wife would have been drinking in the hotel itself before going to his room “where he was already preparing to sleep.” However, bird noises outside caught Elliot’s attention, and he tried to stop them, the reason he was on the balcony at the time of his fall.
While it happened, his wife was asleep without being aware of the fact, until later “citizens knocked on the door to inform her that her husband was lying there, apparently lifeless.” Finally, with regard to the authorities and the prosecutor of the state “for now there are no technical elements to presume that it was a crime, but rather an unfortunate accident in which he lost his life.”
Elliot Blair’s family has questioned the version of the Baja California Prosecutor’s Office as they maintain that the event was not an accident. Lawyer David Scarsone and representative of Kim, wife of the deceased, shared in a statement that the family “wholeheartedly believes, based on their initial investigation, that Elliot was the victim of a brutal crime.”
Scarsone claimed that Elliot’s fall did not take place from the balcony in his locked room, but from an open-air public hallway outside the bedroom’s front door. Finally, the defender added that the family will carry out a private investigation and that he is in communication with US authorities to clarify the incident.
“Elliot was a brilliant lawyer with a bright future. His smile was radiant and he warmed the hearts of everyone he came in contact with. Elliot had an innate ability to connect with people from all walks of life,” the statement concluded.
Elliot Blair, a US citizen, died in Mexico under conditions that have caused controversy due to the contradictory versions of events. The Attorney General of . . .
