![]() ![]() In the film a body of a girl is found in the water tank on the roof of an apartment complex after guests said the water was off and dark – just like what happened at the Cecil. Theorists have also linked the case to the plot of the film Dark Water. A detective says they had around three calls a day to “hell on earth” scenes unfolding there. The hotel manager says in the Netflix series this meant the hotel faced lots of security and safety issues, and had “thousands” of 911 calls. ![]() This meant it attracted criminals, people who were on the run or people who had just left prison and couldn’t live anywhere else. The hotel also worked as an apartment stay for people who cannot pay deposits. Historians in the Netflix documentary address theories she could have been abducted or met someone at or around the hotel who may have caused her death. The Cecil Hotel is located in Skid Row in LA, which is known as a dangerous place. Had she come to harm from someone she met online? Elisa had also spoken on Tumblr about wanting to meet new people and explore. Whilst this seems to answer that small mystery, people still aren’t convinced. The men were never identified and the box was found to be from The Last Bookstore – which she visited on the last day she was seen alive. It’s been reported that before her death Elisa was seen entering the hotel with two men who gave her a small box. There are lots of theories about who could have potentially harmed her. The main questions raised in the case which have lead people to believe this are: Who was she gesturing at in the lift? Why did she look so disorientated and scared? Who was she hiding in the corner of the elevator from? How did she get up to the roof on her own? She was slim and petite, how did she lift the water tank lid off on her own? Why was she naked? And then, how on earth did she manage to put the water tank lid back on after climbing in? There are a lot of things that don’t seem to make sense. But as people used the tank, used water, unknown to her, the level was dropping to a point where she could no longer reach out and escape, and she died that way.”Īnother popular theory is that Elisa Lam was murdered. At the time, I think that water tank was maybe full. He told CBC: “My opinion is that she fell off her medication, and in her state, she happened to find her way onto the roof, got into the tank of water. He had been told by Elisa’s sister that she had been taking four medications including an anti-depressant and a mood stabiliser. Detective Wallace Tennelle, who was the lead detective on the case, said at the time he believes she did actually accidentally drown. There was also not a lot of evidence which made detectives believe this was foul play. Hotel workers reported finding her room in “disarray” but meaning that it was messy, there were no signs of forced entry. The official cause of death in the Elisa Lam case was ruled as accidental drowning. Via Netflix The official ruling of the death of Elisa Lam was that it was a terrible accident They discuss the number of theories that have been spread about what could have happened to Elisa Lam to lead to her death. In the series, a number of web sleuths and YouTubers are interviewed. ![]() Guests had complained of the water tasting off, and being black in colour. This helped police come to the conclusion that she was still at the hotel.Įlisa was found naked in a water tank on the hotel roof on February 19th. ![]() She walked towards the elevators and this was the last time anyone saw her alive. There were no cameras on the floor Elisa was staying at, but around a week after she went missing the strange, now viral, CCTV footage of Elisa in the hotel elevators was discovered. Hotel staff had seen her in an area of the hotel where guests weren’t allowed to be, so they had asked her to leave. Investigators went to her room to search for evidence, but found staff had removed all her belongings. She’d left valuables, clothes, her medication, phone and her laptop behind. This was the same day she was reported missing. Within the first few minutes of the new Cecil Hotel documentary on Netflix we are introduced to the world of online sleuths and theories surrounding the death of Elisa Lam.Ģ1-year-old student Elisa Lam was meant to check out of the Cecil Hotel on February 1st 2013. ![]()
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