Published 15:17 IST, January 29th 2021
'Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel' trailer gives a look into unsolved crimes
Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming series 'Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel' based on the mysterious death of Eliza Lam.
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Netflix has released its True Crime Series trailer of Crime Scene: Vanishing at Cecil Hotel on January 26. Netflix documentary series is based on Canian college student Eliza Lam's mysterious death. This case even has a connection to infamous serial killer Richard Ramirez, who gets name-checked in trailer as a one-time guest at what voiceover calls "Hotel Death." series is just ar Netflix's documentary mini-series, like Assassination of Gianni Versace. Watch trailer here!
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What happened to Elisa Lam?
actual focus of series, which comes from Parise Lost trilogy and Ted Bundy Tapes filmmaker Joe Berlinger, is on disappearance of Elisa Lam, a young student from Cana. Lam's body was discovered in a water tank in hotel on February 19, 2013, and her case has become a subject of armchair detectives' speculation online, with viral surveillance foot inspiring countless ories about her death ranging from mundane to supernatural. It looks like Crime Scene will delve into peculiarities of case while also investigating building's unsettling history. According to Entertainment Online, Crime Scene: Vanishing at Cecil Hotel will also dive into dark history of infamous hotel, which was once rest stop of well-kwn serial killer Richard Ramirez, also kwn as “Night Stalker.”
More about Elisa Lam’s mysterious death
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series, which will premiere on Netflix on February 10, will investigate death of 21-year-old Canian college student who was found naked and lifeless inside a water tank on roof of Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. Director Joe Berlinger explores sudden death of Lam by unravelling ories put toger by many internet investigators, some of whom are convinced that something sinister or supernatural happened around her death.
Over course of four 50-minute episodes, expect interviews with local historians, journalists and medical experts, members of Los Angeles Police Department and former employees of hotel—like Amy Price, who was hotel’s general manr for a dece, including at time of Lam’s disappearance. As reported by Entertainment Online, an investigation from local law enforcement found that Lam's unwillingness to regularly take medication for schizophrenia played a role in her death. Yet re's full accounting as to how her body got into water tank. Los Angeles County Coroner's Office declared Lam's death to be accidental four months after she was found.
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According to Netflix, for almost a dece, Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles has been connected to some of city’s most torious activity, from untimely deaths to housing serial killers. In 2013 college student Elisa Lam was staying at Cecil when she vanished, which prompted a media frenzy and a community of internet users attempting to solve case and coming up with potential ories. Netflix ds that Lam’s disappearance is latest chapter in a complex history for hotel, and will offer a chilling and captivating lens into one of LA’s most nefarious settings.
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Promo Pic: A still from Crime Scene: Vanishing at Cecil Hotel trailer by Netflix
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15:17 IST, January 29th 2021