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In reply to the discussion: (2) How Unsolved Missing Person Cases Are Solved (Pt. 2) [View all]AmyStrange
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'The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel:' 8 Most Shocking Details About the Elisa Lam Case
Beatrice Verhoeven
( Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you haven't seen Netflix's "Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel." )
Elisa Lam was a 21-year-old student visiting Los Angeles for the first time when she mysteriously disappeared in 2013, and was found in a water tank of the Cecil Hotel in Downtown L.A. 19 days later.
Police later said there was no evidence of trauma and her death was accidental, even if the exact circumstances leading to her demise remain unknown. Nonetheless, theories on why Lam vanished and how she died have circled ever since. Some blame hotel guests and staff, other suggest she was hunted and murdered, and still others say she was playing a Korean game that took on a tragic dimension. That all might be because the hotel in question has been linked to several notable murders and suicides over its 94-year history.
Joe Berlinger's "Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel" delves into that history, as well as the mysterious circumstances surrounding Lam's death. The series also explores the area surrounding the Cecil Hotel, Skid Row, and how it's been treated historically a 56-block section has been contained into an area of poverty, drug trade and high crime.
Serious spoiler alert - do not read on if you don't want to know what is discussed in the documentary.
Incidentally, investigators are now pretty certain of what happened to Lam: Her Bipolar disorder led her to hide in the water tank, where she ultimately drowned...
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/the-vanishing-at-the-cecil-hotel-8-most-shocking-details-about-the-elisa-lam-case/ar-BB1dzcBf?ocid=msedgntp
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