Emotional Nympho

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Black Spring Break in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photograph by Eli Reed (1999)

Elisa Lam was a 21-year-old student from Canada who was visiting Los Angeles, California, in early 2013. Unfortunately, the hotel Elisa chose to stay at—Hotel Cecil—was a notorious place for sinister happenings such as thefts, suicides, and murders. The last anyone has seen Elisa alive was on an elevator captured on surveillance. The elevator doors appeared to be malfunctioning as Elisa would push all the buttons for unknown reasons. She would continuously poke her head out of the elevator door and press herself into a corner as if hiding from someone. She would step out into the hall and began making strange gestures. Elisa then walked away from the elevator and the doors finally closed. Three weeks later, residents of the hotel complained of the water being discoloured and bitter-tasting. An employee went to inspect the water tanks on the roof and found the bloated naked body of Elisa Lam. An autopsy was done and found no trace of drugs or any other substance in her system. Her case remains unsolved, although foul play is suspected. 

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