Elliot Blair Obituary, Death – Elliot Blair, 33, a California public defender died Saturday outside his hotel room at Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito Beach, some 32 miles south of San Diego, according to his lawyer, David Scarsone. The family of a California public defender who died in Mexico while celebrating his wedding anniversary believes he was the victim of a “brutal crime,” according to their lawyer. According to him, the incident occurred on the third level of the resort, in an open-air hallway. According to the lawyer’s statement, Blair was discovered outside a motel where he and his wife had previously been in his underwear, socks, and a sleeping T-shirt.
According to the lawyer’s statement, Blair’s family learned of his death from a “liaison” to the local coroner’s office rather than from local authorities. The liaison informed the family that Blair died as a consequence of major head trauma and that his case had been forwarded to prosecutors for a possible homicide investigation, according to the statement. Rosarito Beach Mayor Hilda Araceli Brown Figueredo did not respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman for Las Rocas Resort indicated that the hotel has been working closely with local authorities but declined to further.
According to an investigation, Blair appeared to have fallen from the third floor shortly before 1 a.m., according to a statement sent to NBC News on Wednesday by the resort’s public relations office. He had no vital signs when police and medical personnel located him, according to the statement. The autopsy found that his injuries were most likely caused by a fall rather than an act of violence, according to the statement. According to the statement, there was no evidence of violence in the room where Blair and his wife were sleeping.
The autopsy indicated evidence of alcohol usage, according to the statement. Scarsone indicated that Blair was not inebriated and that no toxicology tests had been performed. On Wednesday night, Scarsone did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the statement.