"The moment we found out, we felt a bit sick to the stomach, quite literally," Baugh said. Her body was found Tuesday by a hotel maintenance worker who was checking the water tank after complaints about low water pressure.īritish tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only trickled for days as they brushed their teeth, showered and drank from the taps at the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, but they could not have imagined the disturbing reason. She phoned her family every day until she disappeared without a trace.
Lam travelled by herself to California four days before her disappearance on Jan. The young woman was identified by markings on her body. The search for the missing University of British Columbia student came to a sudden and tragic end Tuesday when the young woman’s body was found in the rooftop water tank, near a notorious neighbourhood dubbed Skid Row, where drug use and homelessness are rampant. The county Department of Public Health has still issued a do-not-drink order at the hotel, and guests currently only have running water in their toilets. Officials believe chlorine may have prevented anything dangerous from reaching guests. Tests have revealed no sign of harmful bacteria in the tank atop the hotel where Lam was found on Tuesday. Meanwhile, guests who showered and brushed their teeth at the Cecil Hotel where Lam’s body was discovered in a water tank are being told they don’t need to worry about falling ill. Sources close to the case told the Los Angeles Times newspaper that her death may have been accidental. Investigators have said they cannot yet determine whether the 21-year-old Vancouver woman was met with foul play or the victim of a bizarre circumstance.
Until then, the circumstances of Lam’s untimely passing remain a mystery. An autopsy on Elisa Lam’s body has come back inconclusive, and authorities say it could be two more months before additional tests shed light on how she died.Ī Los Angeles coroner revealed Thursday that toxicology tests are being conducted but results could take six to eight weeks.
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