LOS ANGELES (NEWS1130) – Relatives of a missing Vancouver woman have been notified about the body found on the roof of a Los Angeles hotel.
The Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed the body found in a water tank is that of Elisa Lam from Vancouver.
Earlier today aerial shots from LA newscasts showed firefighters on top one of the tanks.
Elisa Lam, 21, went missing at the end of January. Just last week, a video turned up showing her acting strangely in an elevator at the Cecil Hotel.
Bernard Diaz lives in the hotel. He told KTLA that he heard a disturbing sound around the time the UBC student went missing. “It was so strong, I fell out of bed. Then the following day the water system was all plugged up.”
The taps at the hotel have been shut off. Those living there are being offered bottled water.
Lam was last seen near the hotel which many people say is in a shady area of the city.
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The following clues could lead that this was done or assisted by an inside employee(s).
Consider the following questions:
1) Elevator:
Why didn’t the elevator close when she pressed all the buttons?
A normal elevator would have it’s doors closed. Was it purposely controlled by the person at front desk? Who was on shift at that given time? Do the elevators stop working after hours? It is clear that she was trying to escape from someone as she looked distressed the second time she entered the elevator. Many speculate she is acting odd or abnormal. This is so since we have no audio in the video to fill in the gaps. (Trying watching TV with the mute button on as this will give you the same effect.) Mind you she has no history of mental illness.
2) Cameras:
Why was there only footage from elevator camera? What happen to the front desk video recordings? Have they been all erased? Was this a careless mistake by the hotel employee not remembering there was the elevator camera? It does not make any sense why no footage was capture at front desk. (Assuming there aren’t any as the police did not release nor spoke of any.)
3) Water Tank & Roof Access:
The biggest clue everyone is questioning about. How does a guest gain access to the roof without having to bypass locked doors and a locked water tank? Authorities of the hotel will only have such access.
Hopefully officials could find new leads by looking at her home computer, emails, cell phone history. My condolences to her family and friends.
My thoughts and condolences for her family. What a tragic end to a beautiful, young lady full of aspirations and dreams.
I personally think she was drugged, and hallucinating. Maybe someone drugged her and followed her back to the hotel…or maybe it happened IN the hotel. Never leave drinks etc unattened. You just never know. Don’t put yourself at risk ladies. People are CRAZY nowadays. The thing that gets me is that she was found on the roof IN THE WATER TANK. There is an alarm that goes off once the door opens to the roof. This leads me to believe that it’s either AN EMPLOYEE(S) or someone that stays in the hotel long term, and found a way to disarm the alarm and knew about the tanks. CRAZY.
How long had people in the hotel been using the water from the tank she was found in?
Not to mention drinking it!!
She was either on drugs, and climbed in the tank herself, or the crime was conducted by multiple men. Notice the height of the water tank, Lam seems like a tall girl, I don’t care how strong you are, you cannot carry her alone and throw her in. It was done with 2+ people.
Elisa was 5’4 and 115 lbs. I think the average man would have been able to carry her. Although it is possible there was more than one person involved.
Are you guys serious? You think this 5’4, 115 lb woman got onto the rooftop (which is locked by the way), opened the water tank by herself and climbed right in and drowned? She was found naked as well; I’m sure she stripped off all the clothes first and decided to have a little bath. (Sarcasm, in case you all missed that). This is taking victim blaming to a whole new level…
well..whether she was in some mental breakdown or freaking out, the worst part is that she randomly ends up in one of the hotel’s water tanks. Like, I think based on what eventually happened, it does kinda seem like she was hiding. I don’t know if one would target a crazy person..or ok i don’t know.
How tragic for all involved. I tend to agree somewhat with Usenet. Elisa doesn’t look scared or alarmed when she gets into the elevator. She deliberately pushes all the buttons in a calm but curious manner and I don’t think she is panicking. She seems to be having a delusional episode of some type, seemingly petting an animal at one point and hopping about in a definite pattern. We may never know what happened in the time between when she left the elevator and the discovery of her body on the roof but we DO know it is a sad ending and my Condolences to her family.