Hotel Cecil Warning Sign - "Awful place! Just got escorted out by security because I was visiting a friend in a room. Apparently there's NO VISITORS ALLOWED ANY TIME. They told me I had to just show my ID downstairs and I would be fine. And then they told me I had to leave and wouldn't even let me go back for my bag!"
View from the Elevator - Common area shower / bathroom, and another door with red plaque. What's it say?
Room bath - "Make note of the shower curtain rod. The rod and curtain are what demarcate the shower area from the rest of the bathroom. Thats right, at the Cecil Hotel, you no longer have to choose between showering and pooping! Actually, thats not true. The shower nozzle is angled away from the toilet and towards the back wall. Even if it werent, the water pressure isnt sufficient to reach the toilet."
FYI - Although Alvin Taylor is an RSO I seriously doubt he had anything to do with Elisa's disappearance. According to the following website I believe he is legally blind or blind in one eye. I don't think there is much chance a 67 year old partially blind guy is going to get a body into a water tank on top of the roof.
Also according to his address listed on this site I believe he lives on the 10th floor of the hotel.
JMO
http://www.sorarchives.com/directory/CA/T/Alvin_Taylor_1072663
Something that I find very interesting in the video is, how at 1:05, the suspect gets EL off camera. Yes, it's only for a moment, but it happens.
Elisa Lam Video - YouTube
What I find so interesting about this, is the suspect lets her go. Not only does he let her go, but he counts to 20.
I'm serious, you can time it on a watch. The suspect gives her 20-seconds to leave. Try it. Starting at 1:30, the moment she enters the elevator, he gives her exactly 20-seconds to use the elevator to leave.
I believe this rules out sex crimes. If this was a sex crime, the video would have ended at 1:05. If the initial purpose of this encounter was murder, the video would have ended at 1:05.
Two times in the video we can clearly see EL place at least one hand on the back of her head, which causes me to assume she has the other hand as well. The position of having both hands on the back of your head tells me that she has a gun on her.
If she has a gun on her, and the suspect attempted to let her go, then this can only be one of two scenarios; she either got mugged or someone thinks she's trespassing.
At first I thought there might have been a mugging of sorts, but I'm now doubting that. A mugger wouldn't operate on the floor he's staying on, so he would just run. The only reason why someone would kill EL for failing to leave the floor, would be someone who thought EL was trespassing.
No, I don't mean security. I mean an occupant of the 14th floor.
So are the toilet that is seen in the video posted on the Chinese site (test2_ÔÚÏßÊÓƵ¹Û¿´_ÍÁ¶¹ÍøÊÓƵ test) is actually a toilet + shower room? Are there no shower/toilets in the rooms (or maybe only for some rooms), as in a hostel set up?
I am also wondering what Elisa did in San Diego and what she did before she disappeared in LA. Those answers are probably on her private Facebook page and in her emails, texts, etc. Those parts of the timeline are what are missing. The rest is pretty clear.
Hi, I saw these photos and that review on a website. I believe it was written some time ago and from the looks of it before the renovation.
No, the photo of the shower,sink, toilet is of a private bath room. The showers and toilet in the hall are in separate rooms
So are the toilet that is seen in the video posted on the Chinese site (test2_ÔÚÏßÊÓƵ¹Û¿´_ÍÁ¶¹ÍøÊÓƵ test) is actually a toilet + shower room? Are there no shower/toilets in the rooms (or maybe only for some rooms), as in a hostel set up?
Are you talking about this review written back in 2008?
http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/11/...-or-my-review-of-the-cecil-hotel-los-angeles/
Something that I find very interesting in the video is, how at 1:05, the suspect gets EL off camera. Yes, it's only for a moment, but it happens.
Elisa Lam Video - YouTube
What I find so interesting about this, is the suspect lets her go. Not only does he let her go, but he counts to 20.
I'm serious, you can time it on a watch. The suspect gives her 20-seconds to leave. Try it. Starting at 1:30, the moment she enters the elevator, he gives her exactly 20-seconds to use the elevator to leave.
I believe this rules out sex crimes. If this was a sex crime, the video would have ended at 1:05. If the initial purpose of this encounter was murder, the video would have ended at 1:05.
Two times in the video we can clearly see EL place at least one hand on the back of her head, which causes me to assume she has the other hand as well. The position of having both hands on the back of your head tells me that she has a gun on her.
If she has a gun on her, and the suspect attempted to let her go, then this can only be one of two scenarios; she either got mugged or someone thinks she's trespassing.
At first I thought there might have been a mugging of sorts, but I'm now doubting that. A mugger wouldn't operate on the floor he's staying on, so he would just run. The only reason why someone would kill EL for failing to leave the floor, would be someone who thought EL was trespassing.
No, I don't mean security. I mean an occupant of the 14th floor.
Interesting thought, but for me, she doesn't look scared enough, assuming this is (probably) the first time ever, someone threatens her with a gun.
Good post -- Why do you sya she was trespassing on the floor? It's a hotel, who trespasses? Unless the Cecil has weird rules for guests, so does the Cecil not allow freedom to puruse through the hotel?
Odd
I agree. Though, I believe when she first gets back into the elevator all disheveled and starts pressing all those numbers, something spooked her before. When she gets out the second time, someone startles her, and she believes she talked her way out of it. She turns and goes left, giving up on the elevator. I wish she just went back into the elevator and waited until it closed because I think someone was avoiding being on camera.
The Cecil is located in Skid Row, which is a very poor and dangerous part of LA. It's filled with paranoid schizophrenics, drug addicts, criminals, and the very poor.
I believe EL was confused over which floor she was on. I believe this confusion could cause EL to attempt to enter the wrong room. This sort of action in such an area could be very upsetting to the occupant in that room at the time EL attempted to enter.
I believe she upset the suspect who is mentally ill, and this suspect saw her as a threat and tried to get her to leave, and when she wouldn't leave, he thought this confirmed she was a threat, and so he sealed her in the water-tank.
Interesting that she's having that animated "conversation" to the right side of the hallway, which appears to be the direction of the hallway shower/toilet. Wonder if someone came out of the shower or toilet at some point (right before she starts that animated hand waving/finger counting thing.)
Great point SAM -- So do the guests at the Cecil live there along time, like an apartment?
Has LA LE even tried to consider your theory by looking for residents??
What suspect? Has there been a new security video, a recent news report or some other kind of verification that there was another person standing outside of the elevator? I assume there has been since you're stating this as fact.Something that I find very interesting in the video is, how at 1:05, the suspect gets EL off camera. Yes, it's only for a moment, but it happens.
Elisa Lam Video - YouTube
What I find so interesting about this, is the suspect lets her go. Not only does he let her go, but he counts to 20.
I'm serious, you can time it on a watch. The suspect gives her 20-seconds to leave. Try it. Starting at 1:30, the moment she enters the elevator, he gives her exactly 20-seconds to use the elevator to leave.
What suspect? Has there been a new security video, a recent news report or some other kind of verification that there was another person standing outside of the elevator? I assume there has been since you're stating this as fact.
The Cecil is located in Skid Row, which is a very poor and dangerous part of LA. It's filled with paranoid schizophrenics, drug addicts, criminals, and the very poor.
I believe EL was confused over which floor she was on. I believe this confusion could cause EL to attempt to enter the wrong room. This sort of action in such an area could be very upsetting to the occupant in that room at the time EL attempted to enter.
I believe she upset the suspect who is mentally ill, and this suspect saw her as a threat and tried to get her to leave, and when she wouldn't leave, he thought this confirmed she was a threat, and so he sealed her in the water-tank.