The father of K-pop star Samuel was found “beaten to death” in his home Tuesday morning in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, authorities said.

Jose Arredondo, 60, the well-known owner of a car dealership in Bakersfield, California, was discovered dead with “signs of blunt force trauma,” police revealed on Wednesday.

According to the local outlet Tribunal de Los Cabos, Arredondo was found “laying on the floor with several wounds caused by a knife in the back.”

“Sad news,” Francisco Duran, a fan of Arredondo’s, wrote on Facebook.

“I was thinking about quitting Bakersfield College back in 1995 when I saw him on TV. He was encouraging kids to stay in school. He changed my mind about quitting.”

Police were looking for a suspect in the killing.

Samuel, 17, was born in Los Angeles as Kim Samuel and currently resides in South Korea. On Nov. 16, 2017, he released his first full-length album called “Eye Candy.”

Arredondo was well-known in and around Bakersfield for working his way up from poverty to own several local car dealerships.

A US State Department official confirmed the death of a US citizen in Cabo San Lucas and said, “We are closely monitoring local authorities’ investigation into the cause of death.”