Elliot Blair's wife, Kimberly Williams, talks about their tragic trip to Rosarito Beach and disputes that Blair died in a drunken fall from a hotel walkway.
A Mexican autopsy revealed Orange County lawyer Elliot Blair suffered injuries suggesting he had possibly been dragged, conflicting with the official conclusion that he died in a drunken fall from a third-story hotel walkway, his family said Thursday, Feb. 9.
The official autopsy report and photos, obtained by Blair’s family, showed scrapes or floor burns on his knees that are inconsistent with a simple fall, according to the family’s attorney, Case Barnett. Bruising on Blair’s left forearm could have been defensive wounds, Barnett added.
The official cause of death in Mexico was “traumatic brain injury.”
Investigators eventually concluded Blair’s death "was the result of an unfortunate accident due to the fall of the deceased from a third floor" and said he was possibly intoxicated trying to shoo away pigeons.
Williams, making her first public comments since the accident to GMA, dismissed the notion that her husband accidentally fell.
"I just know it’s not an accident," Williams said. "I know he didn’t fall. I just know that.
Williams added she had never seen Blair intoxicated to the point of not being able to control himself in the nine years she had known him.
Williams said she fell asleep as Blair was taking a shower after a night on the town, including drinks in the hotel bar. She was awoken at 1:40 a.m. by hotel employees asking her about Blair and pointing to his body three stories below.
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," Williams said. "Well, that was my Elliot down there."
Investigators believe Blair watched an Instagram video at 12:35 a.m., and then a 911 call came in at 12:55 a.m. reporting a "person who apparently suffered a fall." At 1:10 a.m., paramedics determined Blair had no vital signs.