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The Netflix docuseries on L.A.’s mysterious Cecil Hotel is triggering a flood of new, and bizarre, theories on who was behind Elisa Lam‘s death — some so strange they’d require time travel.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … ever since “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” started streaming, LAPD’s 24/7 hotline’s been ringing off the hook with tips. We’re told most are connecting the hotel’s haunted past to the unsolved mystery of how Lam ended up dead in a rooftop water tank.
If you’ve seen the series you know a former GM at the Cecil said she saw about 80 deaths at the hotel over 10 years.
Our sources say the strangest tip cops have gotten involved Richard Ramirez, AKA The Night Stalker. Now, he is mentioned in the series, because he lived on the 14th floor at the hotel while he terrorized California in the ’80s.
That tip clearly didn’t come from Sherlock Holmes since Ramirez had been locked up for nearly 30 years when Lam was found dead in 2013.
We’re told the vast majority of these “tips” cops are getting are from “home detectives” and “internet sleuths” — who are clearly interested, but, so far at least, have zilch to help solve the case.