The family of Elliot Blair was hoping to do its own blood test to determine if he was inebriated, as reported by Mexican media.
The body of Orange County lawyer Elliot Blair was embalmed in Mexico before his family could have his blood drawn for an independent toxicology test, an attorney said Thursday, Jan. 19.
Mexican authorities did not immediately return requests for comment Thursday. However, the website of theThe family does not believe Blair simply fell and insists the Orange County deputy public defender was murdered — a belief based partially on a statement made by a law enforcement investigator to Blair’s wife, Kim Williams.
“The importance of doing our own blood draw is they have the ability to determine with an independent analysis what the blood alcohol was,” Barnett said. “Right now, the Mexican authorities have control of everything. … Can they be trusted?”Blair and his wife, also a deputy public defender, were at the resort to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. They had been at the hotel — and in their specific room — many times in the past five years and were familiar with the floor plan.
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