'Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel' trailer gives a look into unsolved crimes

Netflix has released its True Crime Series trailer of Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel on January 26. The Netflix documentary series is based on Canadian college student Eliza Lam's mysterious death. This case even has a connection to infamous serial killer Richard Ramirez, who gets name-checked in the trailer as a one-time guest at what the voiceover calls "Hotel Death." The series is just another Netflix's documentary mini-series, like The Assassination of Gianni Versace. Watch the trailer here!

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What happened to Elisa Lam?

The actual focus of the series, which comes from the Paradise Lost trilogy and The Ted Bundy Tapes filmmaker Joe Berlinger, is on the disappearance of Elisa Lam, a young student from Canada. Lam's body was discovered in a water tank in the hotel on February 19, 2013, and her case has become a subject of armchair detectives' speculation online, with viral surveillance footage inspiring countless theories about her death ranging from the mundane to the supernatural. It looks like Crime Scene will delve into the peculiarities of the case while also investigating the building's unsettling history. According to Entertainment Online, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel will also dive into the dark history of the infamous hotel, which was once the rest stop of well-known serial killer Richard Ramirez, also known as “Night Stalker.” 

More about Elisa Lam’s mysterious death

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The series, which will premiere on Netflix on February 10, will investigate the death of the 21-year-old Canadian college student who was found naked and lifeless inside a water tank on the roof of the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. Director Joe Berlinger explores the sudden death of Lam by unravelling the theories put together by many internet investigators, some of whom are convinced that something sinister or supernatural happened around her death. 

Over the course of the four 50-minute episodes, expect interviews with local historians, journalists and medical experts, members of the Los Angeles Police Department and former employees of the hotel—like Amy Price, who was the hotel’s general manager for a decade, including at the time of Lam’s disappearance. As reported by Entertainment Online, an investigation from local law enforcement found that Lam's unwillingness to regularly take medication for schizophrenia played a role in her death. Yet there's no full accounting as to how her body got into the water tank. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office declared Lam's death to be accidental four months after she was found.

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According to Netflix, for almost a decade, the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles has been connected to some of the city’s most notorious activity, from untimely deaths to housing serial killers. In 2013 college student Elisa Lam was staying at the Cecil when she vanished, which prompted a media frenzy and a community of internet users attempting to solve the case and coming up with potential theories. Netflix adds that Lam’s disappearance is the latest chapter in a complex history for the hotel, and will offer a chilling and captivating lens into one of LA’s most nefarious settings.

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Promo Pic: A still from Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel trailer by Netflix