Missing US tourist found dead in shallow grave in Mexico
An American tourist who disappeared in Baja California nearly two months ago has been found dead in a shallow grave in Mexico.
Wilmer ‘Dino’ Trivett, 80, of Markleeville, California, was last seen on February 11 in the Mexican coastal town of Todos Santos, where he was living in a camper truck.
Investigators used a cadaver dog to find his body in a grave near Todos Santos, said Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, a Baja California Sur prosecutor.
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.
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