GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Mexico was supposed to be their “happy place,” where Orange County lawyer Elliot Blair and his wife, Kim Williams, went to celebrate their love on their one-year anniversary. Now his death and her pursuit of answers — and, perhaps, justice — are at the center of an international controversy.
Their romantic getaway evolved into a standoff with Mexican officials when Blair’s broken body was found Jan. 14 below a third-story walkway at the upscale Las Rocas Resort and Spa in Rosarito Beach. Officials in Baja California say Blair died in a drunken fall from an open ledge, while Williams insists he was murdered.
Rosarito police had shaken down the couple for $160 during a traffic stop just a couple hours before Blair’s death, Williams said, and official autopsy photos show scrapes on his legs, as if he had been dragged. Additionally, Blair, 33, had 40 fractures on the back of his skull, which is troubling because he was found face down.
