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Corpse found in L.A. hotel's water tank By Alan Duke, CNN
updated 4:14 AM EST, Thu February 21, 2013
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Tourists staying at a Los Angeles hotel bathed, brushed teeth and drank 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 to those who consumed it. Results on tests on the water done Wednesday by the Los Angeles Public Health Department were expected later in the day.
Woman's body found in hotel water tank 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.
"We never thought anything of it," the British woman said. "We thought it was just the way it was here."
What she described was not normal.
"The shower was awful," she said. "When you turned the tap on, the water was coming black first for two seconds and then it was going back to normal."
The hotel remained open after the discovery, but guests checking in Tuesday were told not to drink it, according to Qui Nguyen, who decided to find a new hotel Wednesday.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
The centre of a massive brood chamber, heaving and pulsating.
Oh...damn.
That is horrible.
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buddha wrote: I've decided that these GW is dead/dying threads that pop up every-week must be followers and cultists of nurgle perpetuating the need for decay. I therefore declare that that such threads are heresy and subject to exterminatus. So says the Inquisition!
Also, I propose that this is the start of the zombie apocalypse. Dead woman in water tank, people drank her decaying body? Um...quarantine. Now.
And, of course, now that I've gotten the obligatory zombie panic out of the way, I feel really bad for her and her family. I wonder who dumped her there? Because I'm sure she didn't just fall in.
Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
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Also, I propose that this is the start of the zombie apocalypse. Dead woman in water tank, people drank her decaying body? Um...quarantine. Now.
And, of course, now that I've gotten the obligatory zombie panic out of the way, I feel really bad for her and her family. I wonder who dumped her there? Because I'm sure she didn't just fall in.
Agreed on all points. Now we see why the DHS has been buying millions of rounds all of the sudden. They know. THEY KNOW!!!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
They knew or should have known they were serving bad water. Its even worse that the hotel said, hey quit drinking the water (when they found out) but didn't warn them why.
Yea thats a lawsuit, and a very winnable one. I imagine there will be quick settlements shortly.
Interestingly this hotel evidently has had a long checkered history of things like...serial killers. WO!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Frazzled wrote: They knew or should have known they were serving bad water. Its even worse that the hotel said, hey quit drinking the water (when they found out) but didn't warn them why.
Yea thats a lawsuit, and a very winnable one. I imagine there will be quick settlements shortly.
Interestingly this hotel evidently has had a long checkered history of things like...serial killers. WO!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
She disappeared in january. I think the hotel is going for the serial killer record.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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Everyone knows that in LA corpses are supposed to disappear in the desert, not appear in water tanks.
Evidently it worked because nobody thought to look there
Do whats unexpected. They'll never find out till the water turns rank.
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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Shredsmore wrote: I thought this happened every day in South Central LA and Compton?
Only on a bad day.
On a good day, no one dies in South Central LA, as well as some (or all) of the following elements:
Mothers making the breakfast characterized by a lack of pork products,
A distinct lack of smog,
A sound sleep uninterrupted by barking canines,
phone calls/pages from females advertising their interest sexually,
driving freely while avoiding entagnglements with the local constabulatory, as well as freelance automobile acquisition agents
Playing basketball with the local neighborhood fellows, during which you accumulates a double digit number total in three of five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots—in the same game.
Watching television programs (including but not limited to) Yo! MTV Raps,
The Los Angeles Lakers having a victorious basketball game with the Seattle Supersonics,
You successfully complete a sexual transaction with the female from earlier, in which your penetration was above average,
You do not vomit despite consuming large quantities of malt beverage throughout most, if not all of the above activities, and
You do not have to engage in any acts of violence with your Russian-designed assault rifle.
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d-usa wrote: Obama planted that body. He wants zombies so he can use our fear of the undead as an excuse to sanction death panels!
Clearly its all part of his scheme to take away our guns, because that's what Obama really wants and as right wing conspiracy theorists, logical reasoning is just another liberal conspiracy we don't subscribe to.
Shredsmore wrote: I thought this happened every day in South Central LA and Compton?
Only on a bad day.
On a good day, no one dies in South Central LA, as well as some (or all) of the following elements:
Mothers making the breakfast characterized by a lack of pork products,
A distinct lack of smog,
A sound sleep uninterrupted by barking canines,
phone calls/pages from females advertising their interest sexually,
driving freely while avoiding entagnglements with the local constabulatory, as well as freelance automobile acquisition agents
Playing basketball with the local neighborhood fellows, during which you accumulates a double digit number total in three of five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots—in the same game.
Watching television programs (including but not limited to) Yo! MTV Raps,
The Los Angeles Lakers having a victorious basketball game with the Seattle Supersonics,
You successfully complete a sexual transaction with the female from earlier, in which your penetration was above average,
You do not vomit despite consuming large quantities of malt beverage throughout most, if not all of the above activities, and
You do not have to engage in any acts of violence with your Russian-designed assault rifle.
Of course it's worth noting that a completely good day in LA hasn't occurred since the late 1950s.
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
I really don't like the sound of black stuff coming out of the shower - do we know how long the body was in there?
If the water was black I think that they have more issues with their water supply than a floating corpse.
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The prefect example of someone missing the point.
Do not underestimate the Squats. They survived for millenia cut off from the Imperium and assailed on all sides. Their determination and resilience is an example to us all.
-Leman Russ, Meditations on Imperial Command book XVI (AKA the RT era White Dwarf Commpendium).
Its just a shame that they couldn't fight off Andy Chambers.
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To answer your question, maybe around 2 weeks is how long the body was there.
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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
