Elisa Lam. What are your theories?

Alarms were tested the next day or so when she was declared missing. The alarm would've gone off at the front desk and on the 15th floor loud enough to be heard a few floors below.
Only way it couldve been bypassed is by an employee.
She couldve taken the fire escape though.

Okay. I'm not arguing. Just pointing out the alarm can work correctly and people will ignore it. I've also seen the crashbar operated ones not work because they require the crashbar to be pushed. Sometime they can be bypassed as the latch doesn't work. Push on the door and it will open. Keep in mind this is a crap hotel.

In any case this is not a critical detail. We both agree she got herself on to the roof.
 
If she wasn't psychotic, it would be easy to pursue the murder angle.

But, since Elisa was out of her room, out of her mind and engaged in an exploratory episode, making her way to the roof is absolutely believable.

She could get to the roof by climbing a ladder, she could climb to the highest point (directly above the tanks) from a ladder, and decending 6-7ft on top of the tanks.. are all absolutely believable.

Why did Elisa climb inside a water tank? She was out of her mind and attracted to a pool of water.

Why were her clothes off? Clothing weighs you down when in a pool of water.

Water Tanks
The water tank is 8ft tall and required a ladder for workers to get up to it and some sort of thing to actually open it since it was heavy. But i believe there was a little slot on the top where she couldve fit through. Im nit entirely sure on whether she could fit through the little slot on top or if she some how summoned the strength to lift the lid and slip in, mind u, without a ladder.
Okay. I'm not arguing. Just pointing out the alarm can work correctly and people will ignore it. I've also seen the crashbar operated ones not work because they require the crashbar to be pushed. Sometime they can be bypassed as the latch doesn't work. Push on the door and it will open. Keep in mind this is a crap hotel.

In any case this is not a critical detail. We both agree she got herself on to the roof.

I, at the moment, believe what u believe. Probably a manic episode, but for the threads sake I'm playing devils advocate.
 
Yeah, she should of gone with Priceline.

Agreed. William Shatner would never put you up in a haunted death trap of death.

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Lolz. Shatner ain't going out in a tank of water, without taking others with him.
 
This thread needed a touch of humour, well done.

I do what I can :)



But back on topic, because I went way off the rails (again), I think the elevator footage is weird. But we all do weird shit when we're alone. Sometimes I'll just throw a tae kwon do kick for no reason. There's no telling what was going through her head there. Maybe she had a song in her head, and was conducting the music, which would account for the odd hand gestures.

It does make me wonder what was removed from the video, after the lapd released it. It could've been something stupid like maybe she picked her nose or something, who knows? But for sure something was edited out. And for sure, there are facts that the lapd has about the case that they have never made public.
 
I do what I can :)



But back on topic, because I went way off the rails (again), I think the elevator footage is weird. But we all do weird shit when we're alone. Sometimes I'll just throw a tae kwon do kick for no reason. There's no telling what was going through her head there. Maybe she had a song in her head, and was conducting the music, which would account for the odd hand gestures.

It does make me wonder what was removed from the video, after the lapd released it. It could've been something stupid like maybe she picked her nose or something, who knows? But for sure something was edited out. And for sure, there are facts that the lapd has about the case that they have never made public.

If she really was able to lift the lid, I'm going with drunken paranoia theory. No foul play, she just lost it.
 
The fact that there were no signs of foul play or rape is telling. The murder of a young girl almost always involves rape.

And the hatch on the water tank is no doubt sized for a man to fit through. Those types of tanks need access for cleaning and maintenance. The only tanks I've seen that don't have access are high psi. The responders were likely overweight and/or wanted more room than lowering in a small tank.
Rape kit results were never released. Experts who viewed the autopsy said that the anal bleeding could be from trauma and that if the stigma of her bipolar issue wasn't known it would probably be more heavily focused on.
Also the tank would need a ladder or the assistance of another person to get someone up there.
 
I assume the water tanks pictured in the link are those from Hotel Cecil. There is a stairwell which leads up to the roof of the dog house. It would be an easy hop down to the top of the water tanks. Or a slip and fall at any point.
 
some chinese guy made a video with some interesting theories. i gotta find the video.
 
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I assume the water tanks pictured in the link are those from Hotel Cecil. There is a stairwell which leads up to the roof of the dog house. It would be an easy hop down to the top of the water tanks. Or a slip and fall at any point.

I think thats very unlikely.
But lets say she did get on top of it. How would she lift a lid shes standing on? She couldn't.
So lets say she opens that little slot on top which is about 18in wide. How would she have closed it after she slipped through it, assuming she can fit, which im sure she could.
They(police) said the little slot was shut when they went up, meaning she would've had to open the big lid and fallen in, which i dont think she had the strength to do.
 
it seems kind of odd that someone would climb into a water tank and close any of the openings behind themselves.
Perhaps she climbed in, died. The next day a maintenance worker sees the lid open and closes it. Probably wouldn't register in his memory.

I put myself in the killers shoes. I snuff this girl. Where do I hide the body? The water tank doesn't cross my mind. it's work to get her in there. All I need it time to get away. Stuff her behind some ductwork. Call it night.
 
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