Mexican man arrested in beating of Canadian woman
Written by on January 27th, 2012 in Latest News.
An arrest has been made in Mexico in the case of a Canadian woman who received extensive injuries after she was beaten at a five-star resort.
Sheila Nabb, 37, was found unconscious last weekend in an elevator at the resort in Mazatlan, where she was staying with her husband.
The attorney general for the state of Sinaloa in Mexico confirmed that an arrest has been made in the case. The man, who is a Mexican national, is believed to be the same person seen in a hotel surveillance video kicking something in an elevator. No further details were released on charges and it’s not known if the man was a hotel employee or a tourist.
He was identified through a fingerprint, Mexican authorities said.
Nabb has returned to Calgary, where she is in hospital.
Her family had thought she was too fragile to be went from the hospital in Mexico where she was being treated. But Nabb’s uncle, Robert Prosser, said she was flown back to Vancouver on Thursday night. She arrived in Calgary on Friday morning via air ambulance, according to the Calgary Herald.
Prosser said her family is relieved she is back in the country. Nabb was raised in Nova Scotia and now resides in Calgary with her husband.
Video may hold clues to attack
A surveillance video taken at the Mexican resort quickly become a key part of the investigation, authorities said Wednesday.
Marco Antonio Higuera Gomez, the attorney general of justice for the state of Sinaloa, noted the video shows a man making a kicking motion and then leaving the elevator where Nabb was found.
Investigators were unable to speak with Nabb, who can’t talk due to her injuries.
She was scheduled to undergo facial reconstruction surgery at the Mazatlan hospital where she was being treated, but the operation was delayed because she contracted pneumonia.
Nabb’s husband was questioned by Mexican authorities in connection with the beating, her brother Paul Giles said earlier this week. But he was released when it “became apparent that he was innocent of any form of abuse,” Giles said.
