Autopsy results for 33-year-old Elliot Blair, who was found dead in Mexico while celebrating his one-year wedding anniversary with his wife, revealed the lawyer suffered 40 fractures to the back of his skull.
Blair was found dead at the Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito Beach on Jan. 14. Blair and his wife Kim, also a public defender, were celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary.
Blair was pulled over for allegedly rolling through a stop sign, and that's when the police officer "shook him down" and asked him for more than the $160 Blair gave him, Barnett said. The money was accepted and the couple drove off. Blair was found dead just hours later.on Thursday. "We were both rattled, but at the same time we both had this feeling of thank God they didn't do anything more to us.
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