Corpse found in L.A. hotel's water tank

[trailmonkee]

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Source: CNN

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Tourists staying at a Los Angeles hotel bathed, brushed teeth and drank with water from a tank in which a young woman's body was likely decomposing for more than two weeks, police said.

Elisa Lam's corpse was found in the Cecil Hotel's rooftop water tank by a maintenance worker who was trying to figure out why the water pressure was low Tuesday.

Lam's parents reported her missing in early February. The last sighting of her was in the hotel on January 31, Los Angeles Police said.
Detectives are now investigating the 21-year-old Canadian's suspicious death, police Sgt. Rudy Lopez said.

It was not clear whether the water presented any health risks. Results on tests on the water done Wednesday by the Los Angeles Public Health Department were expected later in the day.

The hotel management has not responded to CNN requests for comment.
Video appears to show four cisterns on the hotel roof.

People who stayed at the Cecil since Lam's disappearance expressed shock about developments.

"The water did have a funny taste," Sabrina Baugh told CNN on Wednesday. She and her husband used the water for eight days.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/20/us/california-hotel-water-corpse/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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horrible story on so many levels...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. OMG. Eww. Ewww.

[cosmicone]

2. Dupe n/t

[Enrique]

3. "suspicious death"

ya think?

[Beacool]

23. That made me roll my eyes too.

Officer, we just thought that she mistook the water tank for the swimming pool.

[Supply Side Jesus]

32. S.O.P.

Classified such as until determination is made of the Manner of Death

[angstlessk]

4. Okay so, I have my whisky and want to add water..and the water is sputtering, not flowing

and I call the desk..and they send up someone to check out why the water tank is sputtering..only to find a decaying body in said tank...all the while you are drinking your whiskey and (decaying body) water...

What to do? Stop drinking? I think NOT

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Stop drinking? I don't think I could stop vomiting.

Ever.

[840high]

7. Ever!!!!

[lonestarnot]

6. Welp, if you poured a good drink, you don't need to worry.

[Beacool]

22. The alcohol would have killed the germs.

Hopefully..........

[Auggie]

8. Coming soon to a CSI script, no doubt

[bullwinkle428]

24. I watched an old episode of "Law & Order:CI", and this was how they found a body

to start the storyline.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

28. Or Bones

[Lars39]

34. Monk episode, 'cept it was wine vat.

"Do you smell Aqua Velva?"

[cvoogt]

9. surprising

how many people find humor in this. I can't bring myself to laugh about any of this. I mean, sure, these things happen, but this is someone's daughter - only 21. I don't really care about people being inconvenienced by her body in the water tank. There are worse problems you could have.. like for example being the person who wound up in the water tank.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Oh, it's not funny at all; it's horrifying for everyone concerned.

I sure hope they find out how that poor girl wound up in that water tank.

[polly7]

27. I'm surprised too,

I feel just awful for her family. Very, very sad.

[fujiyama]

30. I agree.

Nothing funny here at all. A young woman was likely murdered and people are saying "Eww gross" about the water?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. That sure kills this old image...

[Cronus Protagonist]

12. Signs have been posted outside that hotel for weeks looking for her

I was already thinking she'd be dead. It's two blocks from skid row, the hotel is full of the lowest elements of society and on top of that, there's 50,000 people living on the streets sent here from all over the country for the milder climate and services... oh and to get rid of their troublemakers they often give them a one way bus ticket to the Cecil. I saw the pics of her on the lamp posts, which the street cleanup crews graciously allowed to stay.

[BlueJazz]

13. "Honey....Jimmy said I got a call from the hotel I stayed at last week while on my business trip"

Wife: I..ah...talked to them. It was nothing...just nothing.

Wife thinks: I'm the best wife in the world....

[alfredo]

15. No Shit! I wouldn't want to know unless I got sick from the water.

[undeterred]

14. Wasn't there a story about a woman who died in a public swimming pool and the body

was in there for several days before anyone noticed?

[DeSwiss]

29. Yep.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/06/29/body-of-young-woman-found-in-public-swimming-pool-in-fall-river/

[derby378]

16. "I taste dead people..."

Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

[nolabear]

18. .

[lynne]

19. As grossed out as the story makes me -

- your comment made me literally LOL!

[Vinnie From Indy]

26. Bravo!

Cheers!

[Aerows]

39. DUzy!

That was hilarious.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Canadian Missed

I once went to a pyramid marketing scheme for water filters.

Their advice?

Buy a filter, or be a filter.

[TomCADem]

20. Soylent Green Is Made Out of People!!!

A hotel full of unwitting cannibals. I guess they can just bottle their tap water:

[Beacool]

21. Eeeewwwww!!!!

"The water did have a funny taste," Sabrina Baugh told CNN on Wednesday. She and her husband used the water for eight days.




Poor girl, rest in peace.

[OnyxCollie]

25. Damn, that is NASTY!

Really, really NASTY.

[tblue]

31. AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHG!!!!!

How creepy, gross, and sad!!!

[go west young man]

33. Not finding this funny like so many DU'ers here.

I find it nothing but sad. You folks may want to check your compassion levels.

[gateley]

35. You may want to check your "holier than thou" levels.

[go west young man]

38. DU used to be about seriously changing politics.

It looks closer to Live Leak or Pro Chan with all the adolescent banter in regards to someones demise. As far as "holy issues" and religion goes I am far far from that side of things. I just get tired of seeing this board turning into verbal self gratification with no empathy for what really matters. The site is lacking in depth and substance these days. The comments here prove my point. Just my opinion.

[ck4829]

36. There's a security video of an elevator she was in, she was stalked

Hope they catch the guy.

[WilliamPitt]

37. Good way to get cholera.

Awful.

[slackmaster]

40. Just another day in the City of Angels

[OKNancy]

41. duplicate topic - locking

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014404012