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Elisa Lam | |
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藍可兒 | |
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| Born | Lam Ho-yi April 30, 1991[1] Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Disappeared | January 31, 2013 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | c. February 1, 2013 (aged 21) |
| Cause of death | Accidental drowning |
| Body discovered | February 19, 2013 Stay on Main, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of British Columbia |
| Occupation | Student |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 藍可兒 |
| Simplified Chinese | 蓝可儿 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lán Kě'ér |
| Yale Romanization | Làahm Hó-yìh |
| Jyutping | Laam4 Ho2ji4 |
On February 19, 2013, the body of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam (born as Lam Ho-yi; Chinese: 藍可兒) was recovered from a large cistern atop the Stay on Main hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, where she had been a guest. She was last seen alive on January 31 and was reported missing by her parents on February 8. Her body was discovered by a hotel maintenance worker investigating complaints of flooding and low water pressure.[2][3]
Interest in Lam's disappearance increased on February 13 when the Los Angeles Police Department released security camera footage of her behaving erratically in a hotel elevator on the day she was last seen alive. The video went viral.[4][5] While an autopsy performed on February 21 was inconclusive in determining the manner of Lam's death,[6] the Los Angeles County Coroner's office subsequently ruled the death an accident with bipolar disorder being a significant contributing factor.[7]
Guests at the Stay on Main sued the hotel over the incident and Lam's parents filed a separate suit later that year; the latter was dismissed in 2015. Some of the early Internet interest noted what were considered to be unusual similarities between Lam's death and the 2002 horror film Dark Water.[3] The case has since been referenced in international popular culture and been the subject of several creative works.
- ^ "Community Alert" (PDF) (Press release). Los Angeles Police Department. February 6, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ Blankstein, Andrew; Flores, Adolfo (February 20, 2013). "Woman's body found in hotel's water tank". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ^ a b Nickels, Jesse (May 28, 2014). "Elisa Lam: The College Girl Whose Hotel Death is So Mysterious It Inspired a Horror Movie". College Times. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ^ van der Merwe, Marelise (December 12, 2014). "The Elisa Lam mystery: Still no answers". Daily Maverick. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
LAPD videowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Autopsy Report 2013-01364". Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. June 18, 2013. p. 3. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Death of UBC student in Los Angeles ruled accidental drowning". Vancouver Sun. June 21, 2013. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
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