It took the Los Angeles County Coroner's office four months, after repeated delays, to release the autopsy report, which reports no evidence of physical trauma and states that the manner of death was accidental. Her body was naked with most of her clothes and personal effects floating in the water near her. The circumstances of Lam's death, once she was found, also raised questions, especially in light of the hotel's history in relation to other notable deaths and murders. It has also been argued that the video was altered prior to release. Explanations ranged from claims of paranormal involvement to bipolar disorder, for which Lam took medication. The video went viral, with many viewers reporting that they found it unsettling. In the footage, Lam is seen exiting and re-entering the elevator, talking and gesturing in the hallway outside, and sometimes seeming to hide within the elevator.
Her disappearance had been widely reported interest had increased five days prior to the discovery of her body when the Los Angeles Police Department released a video of the last time she was known to have been seen, on the day of her disappearance, by an elevator security camera in the hotel. A maintenance worker discovered the body when investigating guest complaints of problems with the water supply and pressure. She had been staying at the hotel when she was reported missing at the beginning of the month.
It was later identified as that of Elisa Lam, also known by her Cantonese name, Lam Ho Yi ( 藍 可 兒 Ap – February 2013), a Canadian student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
On February 19, 2013, a body was recovered in a water tank atop the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Stay on Main, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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