The elevator area is quite small, or maybe it is the angle of the pic. Would she see only blurs when standing outside the door? This shot is the 15th floor but if you look at the fire evacuation map for the 14th floor there is no corridor to the left, only the fire escape. I would thank that if her eyesight were that far gone she would have brought her glasses. According to family/friends on FB Group page on finding EL, she did not take her glasses on this trip. Source:
CBS Local interview with LAPD 2/13
Honestly, why would someone do that if she could not see without glasses or contacts? She did over nights on trains too and unless she had a very expensive sleeper car she would have been open to someone stealing her belongings or not being able to get up and move around safely without her contacts. Can you wear contact lenses 24/7? I don't use glasses, but just seems a little foolhardy on her part to travel alone and make yourself easy prey by announcing to people that you cannot see very well some of the time, IMHO. I don't think poor vision explains her behavior.
I found this pic along with several others an interesting FB Group page on investigating EL's death . I have yet to see these photos posted anywhere else. Scroll through the rest and see what you think.
EL FB Investigation Group (it is in Chinese)