True Crime
The Mysteries Surrounding the Death of Elisa Lam
Did she take her life or was she murdered in one of the most sinister hotels in the world?
During my travels, I have stayed in some pretty grotty hotels. I have never though, stayed in anything like the Cecil Hotel. Can you imagine bathing and drinking odd coloured water and then realising it was because a dead body was contained in the water tank. It is an incident symbolic of a Stephen King book. However, this happened to more than 100 patrons of the hotel.
Holiday Plans
The body that was found in the water tank was that of Elisa Lam. She was a 21-year-old student from Canada. Her parents were immigrants from Hong Kong. Lam like many of us, was an avid blogger. Her platform of choice was Tumblr. She used Tumblr as a personal diary, documenting her thoughts, dreams and life. She had an easy way of writing and a real talent for relating to the readers.
She wrote in her blog, how she longed for adventure and to travel, so she embarked to visit the USA. She spent a couple of days in San Diego and then moved on to Los Angeles.
She had booked into a hotel called the Stay on Main. The hotel had some reasonable reviews and seemed a safe place to stay. What…
