Family of California Public Defender Claims His Death Was ‘Brutal Crime’
The family of an Orange County deputy public defender who died in Mexico while celebrating his first wedding anniversary is claiming the lawyer was the victim of a crime, not an accident, according to a Jan. 17 statement from an attorney representing the family.
The family of Elliot Blair, 33, “wholeheartedly believes based on their initial investigation that Elliot was the victim of a brutal crime,” according to the statement from attorney David Scarsone.
Blair’s wife Kim—who was with him on Saturday at the Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito, Mexico, where her husband died—has been told “multiple versions” of the incident by Mexican authorities since it happened, according to the statement….