Elisa Lam
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About
Canadian student who disappeared in 2013 at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. A security video showing her acting strangely in a hotel elevator before she vanished went viral. Her body was found in a water tank on the hotel’s roof 19 days after she was reported missing.
Before Fame
She was a student at the University of British Columbia. She had traveled alone to California before her death.
Trivia
Her death is the subject of a 2021 Netflix documentary called Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.
Family Life
In 2015, a judge dismissed a negligence suit filed by her parents, David and Yinna Lam.
Associated With
The Cecil Hotel served as inspiration for American Horror Story: Hotel, which features stars such as Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Lady Gaga.
