A tourist from the United States who went missing in Baja California over two months ago was discovered dead in a small grave in Mexico.
On February 11, Wilmer “Dino” Trivett, 80, of Markleeville, California, who was residing in a camper vehicle near the Mexican seaside town of Todos Santos, was last seen.
According to Baja California Sur prosecutor Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, investigators used a cadaver dog to locate his body in a tomb close to Todos Santos.
A brother and sister, Juan Hector and Joseline Guadalupe, identified by their first names only in compliance with Mexican law, face homicide charges in connection with Trivett’s death, according to BNO News.
Trivett was in a traffic accident in which Juan Hector was injured, and gave him 50,000 Mexican pesos, or about $2,723, for his medical bills, according to the prosecutor.
‘However, months went by and this person was left with the feeling that it wasn’t enough,’ said De la Rosa. ‘Then this person and his sister went to where the American was camping and kidnapped him, and then they took his life.’
Trivett’s camper was found burned on February 23.
The victim would travel across the Baja California peninsula with his wife, who died in 2019, reported the Mirror. He started making the trips again in November.
Trivett’s brother, Rick, in mid-February said he was staying in his camper in ‘a very secluded area, there was nobody else around but him, in his campsite’. Trivett would go with his dog Bones to a friend’s home for breakfast every day.
‘Last weekend, he didn’t show up,’ Rick told KCRA at the time. ‘The dog was there on the porch, so his friend was very concerned, so he walked down. The motorhome was gone. My brother was gone, but the dog was left behind.’
Trivett’s body was found just over a month after four Americans were kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico, two of which were discovered shot dead. The four Americans reportedly drove from Brownsville, Texas, to Mexico so one of them could undergo a tummy tuck procedure.
The Scorpion squad of the Gulf Cartel claimed responsibility for the March 3 attack, apologized and surrendered five of its members.