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Elisa Lam death: Water from LA hotel cistern 'safe' | |
(about 9 hours later) | |
Water sampled from the Los Angeles hotel cistern in which a Canadian woman's dead body was found is safe to drink, health officials have said. | |
Elisa Lam, 21, of Vancouver was found dead in the tank by a maintenance worker on Tuesday, after guests complained of low water pressure. | |
Guests at the Cecil Hotel said they believed they had bathed and drunk water from the tank. | |
Police are investigating the circumstances of Lam's death. | |
Officials had ordered guests not to drink the water while the tests were underway. | |
On Thursday afternoon, tests showed the water to be safe from a "microbiological standpoint", Angelo Bellomo, Los Angeles county's director of environmental health, told the Associated Press. | |
Two British tourists at the hotel, Michael Baugh and his wife, said they were shocked to discover why the water had only been trickling through the taps and shower. | |
"The moment we found out, we felt a bit sick to the stomach, quite literally," said Mr Baugh. | "The moment we found out, we felt a bit sick to the stomach, quite literally," said Mr Baugh. |
Police Sgt Rudy Lopez said Lam's death was suspicious and a coroner's investigation would determine the cause. | Police Sgt Rudy Lopez said Lam's death was suspicious and a coroner's investigation would determine the cause. |
Hotel surveillance footage before she died showed her pushing buttons in the lift, leaning through the doors and looking both ways. | Hotel surveillance footage before she died showed her pushing buttons in the lift, leaning through the doors and looking both ways. |
Lam was travelling alone from Vancouver, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. She arrived on 26 January and hotel workers last remember seeing her five days later. | Lam was travelling alone from Vancouver, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. She arrived on 26 January and hotel workers last remember seeing her five days later. |
Authorities reportedly had to cut through the water tank to retrieve the body, because of the narrow opening at the top. | Authorities reportedly had to cut through the water tank to retrieve the body, because of the narrow opening at the top. |