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United States Marine Corps fireman Thompson jumped from Cecil's top floor and was found on the skylight of a neighboring building. He had been staying at the Cecil for several weeks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

building Moore jumped from the window of her eighth-floor room and landed in a second-storey interior light well. She did not leave a suicide note. Among her possessions were a bus ticket from St. Louis, 59 cents in change, and an Illinois bank book showing a balance of $1,800 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

Manhattan Beach resident W. K. Norton was found dead in his room after ingesting poison capsules. A week prior, he had checked into the Cecil under the name "James Willys" from Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

A hotel worker discovered Osgood, a retired telephone operator, dead in her room. She had been raped, stabbed, and beaten, and her room was ransacked. Osgood was well known around the area and had earned her nickname because she fed birds in nearby Pershing Square. Near her body was the Los Angeles Dodgers cap she always wore and a paper sack full of birdseed. Hours after her murder Ehlinger was seen walking through Pershing Square in bloodstained clothing. He was arrested and charged with Osgood's murder but was later cleared of the crime. The murder remains unsolved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

Navy officer Neblett was found dead in his room after ingesting poison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

CARLOS SUASTEGUI, A 38-YEAR-OLD LATINO, DIED FRIDAY, AUG. 27, SIX DAYS AFTER HE WAS ASSAULTED IN THE 600 BLOCK OF SOUTH MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN L.A., ACCORDING TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY CORONER'S RECORDS. SUASTEGUI WAS ATTACKED AUG. 21 AT ABOUT 11 A.M., SAID ED WINTER, SPOKESMAN FOR THE CORONER'S OFFICE. HE WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, FELL BACKWARD AND HIT HIS HEAD, WINTER SAID. SOMEONE CALLED 911 AND PARAMEDICS TOOK HIM TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL HIS DEATH SIX DAYS LATER. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD, ACCORDING TO CORONER'S RECORDS. WINTER SAID CORONER'S RECORDS GAVE NO INDICATION ABOUT WHETHER AN ARREST HAD BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH SUASTEGUI'S DEATH. THE TIMES HAS CONTACTED INVESTIGATORS TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE AND WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS SOON AS DETAILS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. [UPDATE SEPT. 9: LAPD CENTRAL HOMICIDE DET. AL MARENGO, WHO IS HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION, SAID AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. HOWEVER, PENDING CHARGES FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUSPECT'S NAME. MARENGO SAID THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN TWO MEN, ONE OF THEM SUASTEGUI'S FRIEND, BEGAN FIGHTING. WHILE SUASTEGUI TRIED TO PULL HIS FRIEND AWAY FROM THE ALTERCATION, A THIRD INDIVIDUAL APPROACHED AND PUNCHED SUASTEGUI IN THE FACE, WHICH LED TO THE OTHER FATAL INJURIES. THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE IN THE FIGHT ARE NOT FACING CHARGES, MARENGO SAID. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT GANG-RELATED.]

Smith died after jumping from one of Cecil's seventh-floor windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

NICHOLE WRIGHT, A 28-YEAR-OLD BLACK FEMALE, DIED SUNDAY, OCT. 7, IN DOWNTOWN, ACCORDING TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY CORONER'S RECORDS.

Otton jumped from the window of her ninth-floor room after an argument with her estranged husband Dewey. He had left the room prior to Otton's suicide. Otton landed on a pedestrian, Gianinni, killing them both instantly. As there were no witnesses, police initially thought Otton and Gianinni committed suicide together. However, it was soon determined that Gianinni had his hands in his pockets at the time of his death, and he was still wearing shoes. Had he jumped, his shoes would have likely fallen off during the fall or upon impact, and his hands would not have been in his pockets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

The body of a 28-year-old man was found outside the hotel. Some conjectured he may have committed suicide by jumping from the hotel, although a spokesperson for the county coroner informed the Los Angeles Times that the cause of death had not been determined https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

Purcell was sharing a room at the Cecil with her boyfriend, shoe salesman Ben Levine, 38. Purcell, who had apparently been unaware that she was pregnant, when she went into labour. She later testified that she did not want to disrupt the sleeping Levine, so she went to the bathroom where she gave birth to a baby boy. Thinking the baby was dead, she threw him out of the window, and he landed on the roof of an adjacent building. Purcell was charged with murder. Three psychiatrists testified that she was "mentally confused" at the time of the incident. In January 1945, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

Otton jumped from the window of her ninth-floor room after an argument with her estranged husband Dewey. He had left the room prior to Otton's suicide. Otton landed on a pedestrian, Gianinni, killing them both instantly. As there were no witnesses, police initially thought Otton and Gianinni committed suicide together. However, it was soon determined that Gianinni had his hands in his pockets at the time of his death, and he was still wearing shoes. Had he jumped, his shoes would have likely fallen off during the fall or upon impact, and his hands would not have been in his pockets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

San Francisco stationery firm employee Gurnee jumped from the window of her seventh-floor room and landed on top of Cecil's marquee. One week prior, she had registered at the hotel under the name "Margaret Brown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

A maid found Dodich dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He did not leave a suicide note https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

The body of an African American man was found in the alley behind the Cecil. Police said he had either fallen, jumped, or been pushed from the hotel's 15th floor. The 20-to-30-year-old male has never been identified https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

A still-unidentified woman jumped from her twelfth-floor window onto the Cecil's second-floor roof. She had registered at the hotel on December 16 under the name "Alison Lowell" and was staying in room 327 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

On the evening, Cook shot himself in the head while inside his hotel room after failing to reunite with his wife and child. Although the Times reported that he was rushed to the Receiving Hospital with a slim chance of survival, death records reveal that he died that same evening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

Teacher Seger ingested poison while staying at the Cecil and was reported by the Los Angeles Times to be "near death". No further reports were published about her condition. Her death is listed at Jan 12, 1940 from FindADeath.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

In late July, former Army Medical Corps Sgt. Borden was found dead in his room at the Cecil. He had slashed his throat with a razor. Borden left several notes, one of which cited poor health as the reason for his suicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel

Magro fell from a ninth-story window. Her fall was broken by telephone wires which were wrapped around her body. She later died at the now-demolished Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. Police were unable to determine whether Magro's death was the result of an accident or suicide. t

The Bizarre Death of Elisa Lam How did the body of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam wind up in the water tank at the top of the Cecil Hotel? Theories spread like wildfire after a video was posted online of Lam exhibiting strange behavior in the hotel’s elevator. Year: 2013 Location: 640 South Main Street Read about it: In Vice, The Lineup, Los Angeles magazine, and CNN -- On February 19, 2013, a body was recovered in a water tank atop the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. It was later identified as that of Elisa Lam, also known by her Cantonese name, Lam Ho Yi (???; April 30, 1991[1] – February 2013), a Canadian student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.[2] She had been staying at the hotel when she was reported missing at the beginning of the month. A maintenance worker discovered the body when investigating guest complaints of problems with the water supply and pressure. Her disappearance had been widely reported; interest had increased five days prior to the discovery of her body when the Los Angeles Police Department released a video of the last time she was known to have been seen, on the day of her disappearance, by an elevator security camera in the hotel. In the footage, Lam is seen exiting and re-entering the elevator, talking and gesturing in the hallway outside, and sometimes seeming to hide within the elevator. The video went viral, with many viewers reporting that they found it unsettling. Explanations ranged from claims of paranormal involvement to bipolar disorder, for which Lam took medication. It has also been argued that the video was altered prior to release.[3] The circumstances of Lam's death, once she was found, also raised questions, especially in light of the hotel's history in relation to other notable deaths and murders. Her body was naked[4] with most of her clothes and personal effects floating in the water near her.[4] It took the Los Angeles County Coroner's office four months, after repeated delays, to release the autopsy report, which reports no evidence of physical trauma and states that the manner of death was accidental.[5] Guests at the Cecil, now re-branded as Stay on Main, sued the hotel over the incident and Lam's parents filed a separate suit later that year; the latter was dismissed in 2015. Some of the early Internet interest noted what were considered to be unusual similarities between Lam's death and the 2002 horror film Dark Water.[2] The case has since been referenced in international popular culture. It was the subject of Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, a four-part 2021 Netflix docuseries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elisa_Lam -- The naked[11] body of Lam, a Canadian student, was found inside one of the water supply tanks on the hotel roof. She had gone missing almost three weeks earlier, on January 31, 2013. Her decomposing body was discovered by a maintenance worker in one of the rooftop water tanks after guests had complained about low water pressure and water that "tasted funny."[12] Video surveillance footage taken from inside an elevator shortly before her disappearance showed her acting strangely, pressing multiple elevator buttons, hiding in the corner of the elevator, and waving her arms wildly, causing widespread speculation about the cause of her death.[13] After the elevator video was released, many theories arose about Lam's death. She was reported to have had bipolar disorder, for which she was prescribed various medications, which could have contributed to her death as well as her strange behavior in the elevator.[14] Authorities later ruled Lam's death as an accidental drowning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_and_violence_at_the_Cecil_Hotel