Officers had to empty the tank and cut it open in order to remove the body, which showed no signs of sexual assault, suicide or physical trauma. Elisa's corpse was found inside one of the hotel's water tanks in the morning of February 19. In the meantime, several guests at the hotel complained about the quality of water, including its low pressure and unusual color and taste. It was later discovered that the footage is actually slowed down and skips a period of about one minute. The footage went viral on the internet, with many commenting about it. Many observed that she appears to be interacting with someone else, but no other person was ever confirmed to have been there. It shows Elisa entering the elevator, pressing several buttons (which do nothing), trying to hide inside the cab and making certain gestures, such as waving her hands with outstretched fingers. On February 13, the police released a footage recorded by a security camera inside one of the hotel's elevators. The police searched Elisa's room and the hotel to the extent they legally could, having also used tracking dogs, but found no sign of her. Usually, she contacted her parents every day, but they didn't hear from her on January 31, the day she was supposed to leave the hotel to Santa Cruz, so they decided to contact the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and flew to the city to help with the investigation.
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She stayed at the Cecil Hotel, a budget inn infamous for having housed a number of murderers, serial killers and suicides in the past. To date, Elisa's case remains largely unsolved and mysterious.Ī 21-year-old student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Elisa traveled to Los Angeles alone in late January. Several theories about what actually happened emerged on the Internet, but none was ever confirmed. Security cameras in the hotel's elevator recorded a footage of the last time she was seen before her death, in which she appears to be hiding from someone and makes weird gestures.
While investigation concluded that her death by drowning was accidental, the reason why she ended up there is unknown. She had no suicidal ideations or known prior attempts."ĭetails: Elisa Lam was a Canadian college student of Hong Pekingese origin who went missing on Januand was found dead two weeks later inside a water tank in the hotel she was staying in Los Angeles. She was taking 4 medications, Wellbutrin, Lamotrigine, Quetiapine and another that she could not recall.
According to her Autopsy: "Sara Lam said their sister had a history of depression and bipolar disorder. Characteristics: Depressive and bipolar, but probably not suicidal.
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