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The Family Of A Southern California Attorney Who Died Suddenly In Mexico Says Officials’ Statements About What Happened Aren’t Adding Up
Yahoo! News ^ | Wed, January 25, 2023 | Pocharapon Neammanee

Posted on 01/28/2023 1:30:51 PM PST by nickcarraway

The family of a 33-year-old Southern California attorney is seeking answers about his sudden death earlier this month while celebrating his wedding anniversary in Mexico.

Elliot Blair died on Jan. 14 at a resort in Rosarito, Baja California, while on vacation with his wife, Kimberly Williams. Both worked as public defenders in Orange County, and his unexpected death was widely mourned in the local legal community.

Adding to his friends’ and colleagues’ shock was that a GoFundMe organized on his wife’s behalf described his death as a “brutal crime.” On Wednesday, an attorney representing the family told BuzzFeed News that Mexican officials at the scene told Williams that her husband had a gunshot wound to the head. Other officials then contradicted that account, describing his death as the result of a fall, and now the family is working to bring Blair’s body to the US for an independent autopsy.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mexico

1 posted on 01/28/2023 1:30:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

RE: describing his death as the result of a fall

Mexican Hat Dance on a seventh floor balcony.

From Analyze That:
Jelly : Anyway, two of the witnesses decided not to testify, uh, and the third guy, well, he commited suicide.

Dr. Ben Sobel : Oh? How?

Jelly : He stabbed himself in the back four times and threw himself off a bridge... very unfortunate.


2 posted on 01/28/2023 1:35:41 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

Rosarito Beach should have been named Tequila Beach.


3 posted on 01/28/2023 1:43:59 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: nickcarraway

Whatever happens in Mexico,

Tries to cross the border into the USA


4 posted on 01/28/2023 1:51:17 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

Another guy had his head bitten off by a shark. Stay out of Mexico!


5 posted on 01/28/2023 2:13:29 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Baruch Ha Ba Ba Shem Adonai!)
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To: Dogbert41

It’s cheaper down there. You get what you pay for.


6 posted on 01/28/2023 2:17:08 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Dogbert41

“I think a Mexican shark just bit off my head,” he said absentmindedly.


7 posted on 01/28/2023 2:26:07 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: nickcarraway

The state department issued warnings about visiting Mexico

You could easily end up on a permanent vacation

It’s been that way for a long time


8 posted on 01/28/2023 2:51:09 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: nickcarraway

If you want to commit suicide just spend the weekend in Chicago.


9 posted on 01/28/2023 4:02:31 PM PST by bray ("The Republic of Texas" explains everything )
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To: NWFree

I live about as far from Mexico as it’s possible to be within the lower 48.

If I want a change of cultural scenery I go to Quebec.

But FR has experts on everything. What’s the scoop on Mexico? Is it dangerous?


10 posted on 01/28/2023 4:08:57 PM PST by Jim Noble (You have sat too long for any good you have been doing)
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To: nickcarraway

He played Mexican roulette...and lost.


11 posted on 01/28/2023 4:31:38 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Jim Noble

I live in San Diego county.

Back in the 1990”s I used to go to Tijuana every few months, on a Sunday, with a group of 20-30 people. I always made sure I was back on this side of the border by dark.

I haven’t even considered going back for the last 20 years.


12 posted on 01/29/2023 3:49:05 AM PST by clockwise
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