Death of Elisa Lam. Lost in La La Land.

Elisa Lam death at the Cecil Hotel near Skid Row

In January 2013, 21-year-old Elisa Lam was searching for happiness. She hoped to find that joy by traveling from Vancouver, Canada to the sunny state of California. Instead of happiness, however, Elisa Lam stumbled into the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles—a hotel half a block away from Skid Row. And a hotel plagued by a history of drugs, prostitution, suicide, and homicide. And when Elisa Lam disappeared, police would take a hard look inside The Cecil Hotel, looking for any sign of the lost 21-year-old. But they wouldn’t look everywhere. This is the story of Elisa Lam. Lost in La La Land.