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Old 02-20-2013, 12:38 PM
 
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I heard 6 murder cases have taken place in this hotel, including recently Elisa Lam has just been found dead on the roof.

Other famous cases involve: Elizabeth Short, Goldie Osgood, Richard Ramirez, Jack Uterweger
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Old 02-20-2013, 12:43 PM
 
Location: SoCal & Mid-TN
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Elisa Lam, a missing Canadian tourist, was found in the water tank on the roof of the hotel. According to the Times, "there may be foul play" = MAY - what do they think, she thought it was a pool????
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Old 02-20-2013, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
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It's stupid that every article mentions how close the hotel is to Skid Row. Something tells me that had absolutely nothing to do with this murder / suicide / whatever it was.

It is pretty creepy though whatever happened.
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Old 02-20-2013, 12:58 PM
 
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I suspect an employee did all of those...
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Old 02-20-2013, 01:40 PM
 
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The Times says that from the security video, it looks like she's hiding from someone/trying to get away from someone.
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Old 02-20-2013, 01:50 PM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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Watch the elevator video. (it's on Youtube) She was acting strange.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Zq4LmWiDiC0

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Old 02-20-2013, 01:51 PM
 
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The paper also said the roof access was locked with an alarm. And surely there is some kind of cover on the water tanks. The whole thing is strange.
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Old 02-20-2013, 07:43 PM
 
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I wonder why Elisa Lam does not catch media's attention. Because she's not a blond girl?
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Old 02-20-2013, 07:59 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles (Native)
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This is definitely a sad case. I hope the LAPD and other departments put some of those resources they put trying to find Dorner behind solving this case.

Do we know if she was traveling with anyone else?
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Old 02-20-2013, 08:08 PM
 
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This was written last year:

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In more modern times, the Cecil became home to serial killers, such as the ‘Night Stalker’ Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger. Now the hotel is trying to reinvent itself by promoting its central location and affordable rates. You really should check out the reviews and photos online. Talk about bait-and-switch. The lobby is absolutely grand, pristine with gorgeous architectural details. But once you leave the lobby, things get grim (and grimy) in a hurry.
If you enjoy reading hotel horror stories, just Google it. Some politely refer to it as a “transient hotel” and others call it an outright dump. This gentleman has an excellent description of his stay there, entitled “A Dump with a Future.”
Photo: Crow's Nest postcards, ebay.com

In a nutshell, the Cecil Hotel has never had a sterling reputation, even when it was known as the Hotel Cecil during my dad’s tenure there in the mid-1960′s. In 1962, a woman committed suicide by jumping from a room at the Cecil, also killing a pedestrian that she landed on below. Goldie Osgood, known as the “pigeon lady of Pershing Square” was choked to death in a room there in 1964. The case was never solved.
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