Less than two hours before his death, Elliot Blair and his wife turned over $160 to Rosarito police who pulled over their car in an alleged extortion attempt.
Rosarito police extorted money from Orange County lawyer Elliot Blair and his wife less than two hours before his mysterious death at a Mexican beach resort, but the couple did not have the amount initially demanded by the officer, a source close to the family said Wednesday, Feb. 8.
The source said the family wants the alleged shakedown investigated – and potentially excluded – as an explanation for Blair’s fall Jan. 14 from the third story at the Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito Beach. Blair was found about 12:50 a.m., dressed in underwear, socks and a T-shirt beneath the open-air walkway.“unfortunate accident,”
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