summer_breeze
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Please post only known and verifiable (MSM or other official source) information here.
Please post only known and verifiable (MSM or other official source) information here.
-Coroner will not say whether there were visible marks or trauma on the body.
- Arrived in LA from San Diego, Jan. 26th via LAPD
- Checked in to Cecil Hotel Jan 28th, checkout scheduled for feb 1st via LAPD
- Last seen in lobby Jan 31st via LAPD
- Last phone contact with family Jan 31st via Vancouver Police
- Katie Orphan owner of "THE LAST BOOKSTORE" recalls talking to Elisa on Jan 31st in her book store.
- LAPD go public seek help in locating Feb 6th
- LAPD release video of Elisa Feb 13th, the video is a security video showing one of the Hotel Cecil's 2 elevators. Video is circa Jan 31st to Feb 1st
- Found in Water tank Hotel Cecil Feb 19th by hotel worker while investigating low water pressure in hotel
Based on what has officially been shared by LAPD:
- EL left home without her glasses.
- LA was not part of her initial itinerary, and her parents did not know why she stopped there.
- She did not have any medical or mental condition that police knew about.
According to the Facebook page “Find Elisa Lam,” the Vancouver native does not have her glasses with her.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/02/13/lapd-hoping-new-video-will-lead-to-missing-canadian-woman/According to the recently-established "Find Elisa Lam" Facebook page, Lam was last seen wearing a purple/blue t-shirt and black basketball shorts, and she was not wearing her glasses.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8983437-All daily contact with her family ceased on Jan 31st.
-Police have few leads. They have a tip line and said they could not search all rooms because they did not have any evidence of probable crime as of 2/20.
Here's another direct quote that I also found (from 2/21):
"We want to know such things such as was she drunk, was she killed before she ended up in the tank, and how did she get in the tank," Winter said. (Laist: http://laist.com/2013/02/21/elisa_la...t_more_tes.php )
All of these are from after the initial autopsy.
A note on the glasses, this needs clarification. The reports indicate she was not wearing her glasses when last seen. I haven't located a source verifies the information.
Commander Andrew Smith of LAPD Media Relations interviewed on Chinese TV. It was posted on 2-28-2012:
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-He said that the coroner said there was no evidence of trauma on EL's body, nothing to indicate she was injured in any way, no external injuries of any type
-He said that the police do not believe that EL's body was hidden anywhere previous to being put in the tank. They believe that she was in the tank "pretty much" the whole time she was missing.
-He said the water tank has a "hinged lid" for looking inside of it, and says that he believes it was closed when the officers went up there and "they didn't think someone would climb up, or go onto that lid".
-He said the water was approx. 10 feet deep, and he didn't know if she was floating on the top or if she was at the bottom of the tank. He adds, "but a body at the bottom of the tank would be difficult to see."
I stopped and stated this video many times to try to get either his exact wording or a paraphrase that carries his exact meaning. In a couple of places, his meaning could be taken a couple of ways, so I suggest that you actually watch it to hear his tone and emphasis.
You might want to reconsider the date you say it was posted.
Some facts found from Elisa Lam's blog:
She mentions being stalked by someone of Latin descent on the 26th in this post: http://nouvelle-nouveau.tumblr.com/post/41581697593/im-going-out-tonight-i-really-hope-no-creeper
She mentions losing her phone in this post from the 27th: http://nouvelle-nouveau.tumblr.com/post/41596157293/more-the-speakeasy-was-awesome-except-i-lost
Interestingly, there are posts dating up to June of this year. Now it is possible that Elisa could have set these posts to autocue, but that far in advance? Seems a little strange.
Some facts found from Elisa Lam's blog:
She mentions being stalked by someone of Latin descent on the 26th in this post: http://nouvelle-nouveau.tumblr.com/post/41581697593/im-going-out-tonight-i-really-hope-no-creeper