Family of slain Arlington firefighter Elijah Snow sues Texas travel agency, Mexican resort

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The relatives of slain Arlington firefighter Elijah Snow is suing the Mexican resort where he was killed on July 19, 2021, together with a neighborhood vacation agent. 

Elijah and his spouse Jamie Lynn Snow have been celebrating their 10 yr anniversary at the Royalton Chic Cancún Vacation resort & Spa when the father of two was allegedly kidnapped and killed. 

Jamie is looking for extra than $1 million in the accommodate, brought in opposition to Mansfield-primarily based journey agency Let’s Go On Vacay, the Royalton Stylish Lodge Vacation resort & Spa in Cancún, Blue Diamond Motels and Resorts, Inc. and Sunwing Vacation Team, a privately owned travel business headquartered in Toronto, Canada. 

Let’s Go On Vacay offered the Snows with lodges and resorts to choose from in Cancún, according to the fit. They chose the Royalton Stylish Lodge Vacation resort & Spa. Blue Diamond Resorts owns the hotel in addition to extra than 45 other resorts positioned during a variety of islands and nations in the Caribbean and Mexico. Blue Diamond Resorts is a subsidiary that is both wholly owned or managed by Sunwing.

The incident happened on the couple’s initial evening the all-inclusive resort on the beachfront strip of motels in a preferred, Cancún tourist spot.

According to the accommodate, the Snows arrived early at the resort just before their room was all set. The entrance desk gave them some bracelets, which they could use to get beverages. It was 10 a.m. They went to the pool and socialized with other tourists, quite a few of whom had been from Texas. 

According to the go well with, “As the working day wore on, resort bartenders poured, served and inspired most friends to eat challenging liquor photographs that had been handed out at will without the need of regard to guest basic safety. In many circumstances, the lodge bartender not only served these pictures but inspired the patrons to grow to be incredibly intoxicated.”

At 4 p.m., the Snows had been provided obtain to their space. They went within, changed and returned to the pool bar. “All over again, the Snows continued to drink alcoholic drinks supplied by the exact same bar that experienced been serving them because 10 a.m. that morning,” the go well with alleges. 

At all-around 7 p.m. the Snows went back again to their home and transformed apparel for a meal reservation at the resort’s Japanese-themed cafe. Although at dinner, the Snows were being served a bottle of Japanese sake. This was the only alcoholic beverage billed to the Snows hotel invoice or tracked as acquiring been eaten by the couple, in accordance to the go well with. Following dinner, the Snows walked to a martini bar situated on the same flooring in which they every requested a martini. Soon thereafter, they moved to the Lobby Bar the place they were yet again served alcoholic drinks. 

At 8:40 p.m., Jamie instructed Elijah that she was weary from the early morning journey and was going to head up to their hotel home. Elijah stated that he was going to end his consume and then return to their home. This was not uncommon, as he was used to extensive hrs doing the job as a firefighter. But Jamie was exhausted from the extended working day of journey, according to the match. She took an elevator up to their room and went to rest. 

The vacation resort has various surveillance cameras found in the course of, according to the fit. Cameras are plainly noticeable at the entrances and exits of the resort and all over the common spots of the resort. However, many of the stability cameras weren’t working or in proper purchase that night time. 

Months immediately after Elijah’s demise, camera footage was acquired immediately after numerous annoying requests facilitated by the United States Consulate’s Business office.

Minutes following Jamie still left the bar, video clip footage evidently demonstrates Elijah entering the elevator that Jamie experienced just entered into an elevator carriage seconds right before. It allegedly shows Elijah, who seems to be intoxicated, stumbling by the elevator financial institution pressing the elevator simply call buttons. With no speedy response from the elevator, he then walks to the opposite finish of the elevator financial institution and begins ascending a circular stairwell within the front of the resort.

This is the past movie surveillance in which Elijah is seen alive, in accordance to the accommodate. 

No other movie of Elijah was uncovered or furnished to the Cancun Law enforcement Office, the Mexican Lawyer General’s Business office, the United State Consulate’s Workplace or, to his now widow, Jamie, the match alleges. Nor was any footage furnished displaying Elijah leaving the property or going for walks through the foyer regions of the lodge.  

Jaime went to snooze that night, only to wake up at 3:30 a.m. and uncover her partner hadn’t returned to their home.

From 5 a.m. to 10 in the early morning, Jamie frequently notified hotel employees through WhatsApp that she could not uncover her spouse. She communicated with lodge employees, repeatedly inquiring them to make contact with the law enforcement or authorities to assist find Elijah.  

His system was uncovered stuffed into a small window in a secluded part of the Sunset Royal Seaside, subsequent to the resort. Elijah’s torso and arms had been hanging out of the tiny opening and his ft were being dangling inside of a toilet.

Mexican officials originally dominated Elijah’s demise an accident. 

A subsequent autopsy carried out by Mexican Directorate of Specialist Companies confirmed Elijah was by now dead when Jaime started searching for him, positioning his time of dying at 5 a.m. that morning.