Greetings, fellow sleuths!!
I'm new to this case, and a resident of L.A. Impressed at the volume of knowledge here, and, as always, am praying that LE reads through these pages for the endless amount of clues present here and things they could have overlooked. Here are a few things I've picked up.
- Elisa's Tumblr page is that of a truly intelligent, kind, creative, and artistic person. It is almost like a museum of her soul..everything on there (albeit the posts are not all hers), IS philosophical or artistic in some way. I was flabbergasted by the absence of ALL references towards mainstream trash/pop culture (she says she is humiliated K. Kardashian is a public figure)..everything had to do with art, philosophy, poetry, literature, and classical/jazz music. Clearly a delicate and artistic, tormented soul.
- I stopped at the Last Bookstore (the last public place she was known to be seen), on my way back from work yesterday. Great place - BTW. The area is seedy, yes..but I didn't find it as bad as other parts of the city, or half as bad as Harlem or SF's Tenderloin. There are quite a few hip places right there (Organic food stores, Starbucks, fashion shops..etc)
- RE: the elevator video. I've watched it many times and it seems quite obvious that she IS in fact communicating to somebody. I don't think she was high (possibly a bit tipsy), nor do I think she is in the least bit scared. Watch the very beginning, as she walks in: She lifts her hand HIGH, with an almost comic decisiveness, as in saying "Okayyyyy let's get this elevator game started!". That is not the body language of somebody who is freaking out - somebody who is freaking out would reach for the buttons as soon as they possibly could. Later on, with her hand motions, i think it's very very obvious she is talking to somebody..despite what we know about her history of meds, I highly doubt she would take any new kind of drug that would make her hallucinate this strongly. (We know from her Tumblr that she never even got drunk, I would like to think that this sense of caution accompanied her on her travels) Perhaps she is playing a game in half-jest, and half-fear with "Mr. Mexican and Mr. Italy".
- I think the strongest leads we have in this case is the Chinese article that reports she made a post on FB (?), about hoping that "When I go out tonight Mr. Mexican and Mr. Italy will leave me alone and not try to follow me" (Or something along those lines), and - as somebody stated - she makes MULTIPLE references in her Tumblr to "meet-up's" on her trip..with people she had never met before. I hope that all these people are being researched and tracked down.
- I personally rule out suicide. We know of her history of depression...but she was in the middle of an exciting trip, JUST having bought gifts and books for her family and anticipating her next big stop in Santa Cruz and SF. Highly unlikely to want to end your life right in the midst of so much activity - especially since she was actually doing something with her life, and in her Tumblr she keeps bringing back how she hates herself for staying in bed all day and night.
Finally, some questions I may have missed earlier:
Do we KNOW what time that video was taken? Was it confirmed to be the night of the 31st, after she went to the Last Bookstore?
Does anybody have a plan of where other camera are located in the hotel, or know of the possibility of other videos existing? Or are the only cameras in the elevator