![]() ![]() ![]() But as people 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.” I find his theory self-serving and expeditious. Plus, if you notice on the photo, you need to bring a ladder to have access to the top part of the cistern and it is not an easy climb, especially if you are carrying your clothing and jewelry and had to procure yourself a ladder.ĭetective Wallace Tennelle in his deposition said ”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, at the time, I think that water tank was maybe full. The latch of the tank she was found into was unlocked and she would have had to shut the lid on her own. The hotel’s engineer said he tested the alarm regularly and it was working when Lam went missing. There were only four ways onto the roof: three fire escapes on the sides of the hotel and one alarmed door connected to an interior staircase. I have a hard time comprehending how she accessed the tank because the rooftop area was locked and protected by an alarm system. The bothersome aspect of this theory is that the workers had to cut the tank open to remove Lam’s body. ![]() The only explanation offered for her being found in a very difficult to access water tank was that she was bipolar and probably ended up falling or placing herself on purpose in the cistern. The historic Cecil Hotel was located near Skid Row and it did not take long for the mystery to take a turn for the occult when Elisa was found dead because of the strange circumstances surrounding the event and of a surveillance video of Lam inside an elevator pushing buttons and behaving oddly.Īuthorities ruled in June 2013 that her death was an accident. It was not even considered a possibility at the time. She was last seen on Januby workers at the hotel, but on February 19, a maintenance worker found her body in one of the four 8-feet-tall, 4-foot diameter tanks on the hotel roof.Ī crew member had gone to check the tanks because some of the hotel patrons were complaining of low water pressure.Īuthorities had searched the roof of the hotel earlier during an investigation into her disappearance but had not opened the four cisterns. ![]()
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