California Lawyer Who Fell to His Death at Mexico Resort Balcony was Murdered, Lawyer Says

A private autopsy conducted in connection with California lawyer Elliot Blair, who died after falling from a resort balcony in Mexico was murdered, according to the family’s attorney.

While speaking with “Good Morning America,” attorney Case Barnett said the autopsy showed injuries on Blair that didn’t match what investigators in Baja, California, said about the death.

“The autopsy confirms that he, Elliot Blair, was murdered that night,” Barnett said.

Blair was at Las Rocas Resort and Spa at Rosarito Beach, celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his wife, Kimberly Williams, when he fell to his death on January 14. Williams told ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman that she was sleeping when a security guard knocked on the door that night and broke the news.

“‘Excuse me, miss, excuse me, excuse me, is this your boyfriend down here?'” Williams said, referring to what the guard asked her.

“I turned to the side, I didn’t see him there, so I ran out the front door and they’re pointing over the side of our front door area to the ground. Well, that was my Elliot down there,” she continued.

Initially, Blair’s death was said to be “the result of an unfortunate accident due to the fall of the deceased from a third floor,” according to the State Attorney General’s Office of Baja, California.

Investigators said there were no signs of foul play or struggle but a “considerable” amount of alcohol in Blair’s system. Barnett, however, said that he’s obtained physical evidence that proves there was a struggle before Blair’s death, which was reportedly backed up by the private autopsy results.

The evidence, Barnett said, shows that Blair may have been beaten and possibly by more than one person before he fell. Williams added that although Blair had around five or six drinks over the span six hours on the night in question, he was not drunk enough to fall over a balcony.

“I think it’s relatively clear the injury pattern[s] just simply don’t add up with one another,” Iomechanics, body performance and injury expert, Dr. Rami Hashish said.

“There’s bruising marks on the body. There’s indications of potential being dragged on the front of the body. There’s fractures to the back of the skull. Nothing really points to the fact that it was necessarily an accident.”

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