The body of a California public defender who died in Mexico has been returned to a mortuary in Orange County after his mysterious death there over two weeks ago.

Elliot Blair, 33, died Jan. 14 at a resort in Rosarito Beach, where he and his wife were celebrating their first wedding anniversary.

Mexican authorities said he died after falling from a 3rd-floor balcony while intoxicated.

But his family believes, according to their attorney Case Barnett, he was the victim of a brutal crime and denies allegations he was drunk.

The family reportedly plans to have a private autopsy conducted in Los Angeles Feb. 1.

Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken as well as U.S. Rep. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) said they have been assisting in getting answers into his death.

“The relationships I’ve made with people south of the border, as a member of Congress and before, actually [have come] in really useful,” Correa told The Epoch Times.

Correa additionally said there should be better collaboration between the two countries.

“There’s a need to establish stronger relationships across the border,” he said. “I want to make sure the next time there’s a new Elliot Blair tragic situation, that our constituents know who to call.”

The family has stated Blair’s death occurred in an open-air walkway outside the front door of their hotel room.

His wife Kimberly Williams—also a deputy public defender—also has said local authorities have told her multiple, conflicting versions of how her husband died, including a local crime investigator who indicated Blair had a bullet wound to his head, which Mexican authorities have denied, following an autopsy.

Hundreds gathered Jan. 26 to remember Blair at a candlelight vigil and a fundraiser has been created, through GoFundMe, to help pay expenses related to the family’s investigation of his death.

A memorial is also scheduled for Feb. 11 at the Christ Cathedral Arboretum in Garden Grove.