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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

So, at that point in time, we had the facts, the circumstances,and all of the information...

So, at that point in time, we had the facts, the circumstances,
and all of the information in order to generate the final report

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So, at that point in time,
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we had the facts, the circumstances, and all of the information
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in order to generate the final report.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:21
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary, crime, mystery
Production
Expeditionary Films

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Movie Summary

College student and tourist Elisa Lam vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions in her hotel room. The Cecil Hotel grows in infamy.
S01 • E01 Police have had to resort to the barest of evidence - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:29
Police have had to resort to the barest of evidence
S01 • E02 By the 1970s, things had changed in the sex industry - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:11
By the 1970s, things had changed in the sex industry
S01 • E03 Rape laws began to be changed, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:13
Rape laws began to be changed,
S01 • E04 This long period of basically no information… - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:08
This long period of basically no information…
S01 • E02 You had all these blaxploitation films coming out - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:13
You had all these blaxploitation films coming out
S01 • E04 Everyone is waiting for the release of the autopsy results. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:05
Everyone is waiting for the release of the autopsy results.
S01 • E03 And rape crimes could no longer be swept under the rug, forgotten. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:06
And rape crimes could no longer be swept under the rug, forg...
S01 • E04 And then, finally, on June 21, 2013, the results are released. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:04
And then, finally, on June 21, 2013, the results are release...
S01 • E04 The death of 21-year-old Canadian tourist Elisa Lam - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:07
The death of 21-year-old Canadian tourist Elisa Lam
S01 • E03 And so in Bergen County… - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:21
And so in Bergen County…
S01 • E02 When I ask you a question, you answer. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:05
When I ask you a question, you answer.
S01 • E04 The official also suggested Lam's bipolar disorder was a factor. - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:05
The official also suggested Lam's bipolar disorder was ...
S01 • E02 {\an8}I was around 12, maybe 12 and a half, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:11
{\an8}I was around 12, maybe 12 and a half,
S01 • E01 Now, in order to try to identify the victims, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:15
Now, in order to try to identify the victims,
S01 • E04 They said that her cause of death is an accidental drowning, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:09
They said that her cause of death is an accidental drowning,
S01 • E02 He would tattoo this cross on all of his girls' hands… - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:16
He would tattoo this cross on all of his girls' hands…...
S01 • E01 One of the detectives said, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:26
One of the detectives said,
S01 • E04 An "accidental drowning." - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:07
An "accidental drowning."
S01 • E03 And so, uh, they came forward - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:07
And so, uh, they came forward
S01 • E03 However, by the time it came time for the lineup, - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 00:09
However, by the time it came time for the lineup,