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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

College student and tourist Elisa Lam vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions in her hotel room. The Cecil Hotel grows in infamy.

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documentary, crime, mystery

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Expeditionary Films

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations total

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This photograph of the man
accused of killing six and wounding seven - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

This photograph of the man accused of killing six and woundi...

However, the levels of the medications
were very low. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

However, the levels of the medications were very low.

In looking at the description
of the medications - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

In looking at the description of the medications

I saw the headlines before I got
the information from the NYPD, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I saw the headlines before I got the information from the NY...

You wanna get him off the street
before he kills somebody else. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

You wanna get him off the street before he kills somebody el...

I'm a homicide and forensic expert
and consultant. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I'm a homicide and forensic expert and consultant.

When we went back and looked at all
of the levels in the toxicology results, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

When we went back and looked at all of the levels in the tox...

At the time, I called up Jerry McQueen, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

At the time, I called up Jerry McQueen,

The NYPD started a task force… - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The NYPD started a task force…

The immediate problem
for the investigators was... - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The immediate problem for the investigators was...

Looking for those answers,
it's important we have an idea of her life - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Looking for those answers, it's important we have an id...

And set in motion a tremendous effort - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

And set in motion a tremendous effort

The first thing
you look for is fingerprints, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The first thing you look for is fingerprints,

We knew we were dealing
with a serial killer, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

We knew we were dealing with a serial killer,

Which is adjacent to Hasbrouck Heights, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Which is adjacent to Hasbrouck Heights,

Our first inclination is that
he wants to prevent identification. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Our first inclination is that he wants to prevent identifica...

Police had also learned - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Police had also learned

{\an8}Some serial killers like to dispose
of the bodies and hide them, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

{\an8}Some serial killers like to dispose of the bodies and ...

I suppose we roam on the internet - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I suppose we roam on the internet

No wallet, no ID, no identification cards. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

No wallet, no ID, no identification cards.

But this guy,
he gets off on the presentation, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

But this guy, he gets off on the presentation,

We don't have all this video surveillance
that we have today, okay? - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

We don't have all this video surveillance that we have ...

So we search endlessly online alone. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

So we search endlessly online alone.

In all these cases,
there's the use of handcuffs, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

In all these cases, there's the use of handcuffs,

It won't... DNA technology won't come up
for another seven years. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

It won't... DNA technology won't come up for anoth...

When trying to solve the mysteries
of what happened with Elisa, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

When trying to solve the mysteries of what happened with Eli...

So to me, it speaks to someone
who's a malignant narcissist, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

So to me, it speaks to someone who's a malignant narcis...

The firemen said that
they felt it was a poorly conceived fire, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The firemen said that they felt it was a poorly conceived fi...

And they felt very confident
this guy might be related. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

And they felt very confident this guy might be related.

"I'm superior to you,
and you're dumb, and you won't catch me." - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

"I'm superior to you, and you're dumb, and yo...

Remind people you are human
and they are human. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Remind people you are human and they are human.

They didn't have enough evidence
to support the prosecutor's case. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

They didn't have enough evidence to support the prosecu...

'Cause you not only wanna arrest this guy,
you need to convict him. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

'Cause you not only wanna arrest this guy, you need to ...

If you just listen,
you will understand more. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

If you just listen, you will understand more.

In fact, one detective said to me - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

In fact, one detective said to me

{\an8}You have to build a solid case
of credible information… - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

{\an8}You have to build a solid case of credible information...

They work
the stroll on 11th Avenue. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

They work the stroll on 11th Avenue.

Elisa was a very introspective,
bright person, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Elisa was a very introspective, bright person,

Spatter, gore, puddles,
fingerprints, there was nothing. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Spatter, gore, puddles, fingerprints, there was nothing.

According to some people,
I have a "chemical imbalance". - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

According to some people, I have a "chemical imbalance&...

Because this
is a serial killer case, in particular, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Because this is a serial killer case, in particular,

How... how can you behead two women, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

How... how can you behead two women,

Because if you have other survivors, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Because if you have other survivors,

I just wish someone around me
could understand. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I just wish someone around me could understand.

{\an8}But I remember fear
rippling through the track. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

{\an8}But I remember fear rippling through the track.

I did see the clothing
from the victims - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I did see the clothing from the victims

That community of us… - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

That community of us…

Bipolar disorder is still
very stigmatizing for most people, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Bipolar disorder is still very stigmatizing for most people,

It just means that the person's
mood instability has highs - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

It just means that the person's mood instability has hi...

They knew
that there were dangerous johns showing up - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

They knew that there were dangerous johns showing up

These little details - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

These little details

They have depression
and they also have mania… - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

They have depression and they also have mania…

This killer went
to great lengths to destroy - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

This killer went to great lengths to destroy

They all knew each other,
and they had warning signs. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

They all knew each other, and they had warning signs.

{\an8}If somebody got in a car and drove off, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

{\an8}If somebody got in a car and drove off,

The Bergen County investigators
found a lot of unsolved rape-assault cases - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The Bergen County investigators found a lot of unsolved rape...

In some of her Tumblr posts, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

In some of her Tumblr posts,

At this point, the investigation
was concentrating on johns, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

At this point, the investigation was concentrating on johns,

Taking these pills,
I call it the breakfast of champions… - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Taking these pills, I call it the breakfast of champions…

{\an8}When I became conscious, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

{\an8}When I became conscious,

Serial killers predate
within a zone, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Serial killers predate within a zone,

It appears she had at least
four prescription medications. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

It appears she had at least four prescription medications.

It was don't disturb.
Don't disturb. That's all. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

It was don't disturb. Don't disturb. That's a...

Antidepressants, a mood stabilizer,
and an atypical antipsychotic. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Antidepressants, a mood stabilizer, and an atypical antipsyc...

{\an8}He started talking to me, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

{\an8}He started talking to me,

The don't disturb sign,
was that up all along? - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The don't disturb sign, was that up all along?

You had a lot of abusive johns
in the Times Square area - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

You had a lot of abusive johns in the Times Square area

He asked me
if I was a working girl. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

He asked me if I was a working girl.

I need a place to go
and find my motivation. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I need a place to go and find my motivation.

You gotta filter through 'em.
Who's just a mean guy, or who's a killer? - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

You gotta filter through 'em. Who's just a mean gu...

The offender came in
on November 29th into that hotel, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The offender came in on November 29th into that hotel,

So in a case like this, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

So in a case like this,

She left the bar, he followed her,
offered her a ride home. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

She left the bar, he followed her, offered her a ride home.

I think Elisa
put a lot of pressure on herself - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I think Elisa put a lot of pressure on herself

She got into the car, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

She got into the car,

Undercovers would go
into these prostitution-prone areas - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Undercovers would go into these prostitution-prone areas

She may have thought if she could travel
by herself and have this adventure, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

She may have thought if she could travel by herself and have...

I kept passing out. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I kept passing out.

He very cleverly signed in
as a Carl Wilson - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

He very cleverly signed in as a Carl Wilson

She had been beaten
and sexually assaulted. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

She had been beaten and sexually assaulted.

The investigators
were interviewing prostitutes - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The investigators were interviewing prostitutes

The West Coast. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The West Coast.

I woke up in a dark area, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I woke up in a dark area,

The only time he was seen
was at registration. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

The only time he was seen was at registration.

Elisa Lam traveled down towards San Diego, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

Elisa Lam traveled down towards San Diego,

And they asked them, "Have you had
any problems with johns in the area?" - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

And they asked them, "Have you had any problems with jo...

A woman stood behind him
as the subject was registering. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

A woman stood behind him as the subject was registering.

On January 28th,
Elisa arrived in Los Angeles - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

On January 28th, Elisa arrived in Los Angeles

I was out on the street, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

I was out on the street,

He was alone. She was alone. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

He was alone. She was alone.

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel poster

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College student and tourist Elisa Lam vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions in her hotel room. The Cecil Hotel grows in infamy.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Expeditionary Films

Genre: documentary, crime, mystery

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.0

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Released: 10 Feb 2021

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations total

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