One of the U.S. attorneys whose firing generated so much heat is Carol Lam of San Diego. Lam is best known for pressing corruption charges against Republican Congressman Duke Cunningham. This past ...

On January 28, 2013, Canadian college student Elisa Lam checked into the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Her stay was to last three nights. During this time, Lam’s known activity was limited. She ...

Elisa Lam was a 21-year-old student visiting Los Angeles for the first time when she mysteriously disappeared in 2013, and was found in a water tank of the Cecil Hotel in Downtown L.A. 19 days later.

Lam’s body was discovered in February of 2013 after a two-week search. A maintenance worker discovered Lam in one of the hotel’s rooftop water tanks. The LA Police Department deemed Lam’s death an ...

A new Netflix true-crime docuseries dives into the history of downtown Los Angeles' Cecil Hotel and the mysterious case of a Canadian tourist who was found dead in the hotel's rooftop water tank in ...