蓝可儿(Elisa Lam)的尸体周二在洛杉矶旅馆的顶楼水箱被发现

蓝可儿生前家庭照

　　A body found in a water tank at top of a downtown Los Angeles hotel has been identified as missing Vancouverite Elisa Lam。

　　LAPD Officer Diana Figueroa told CTV News late Tuesday that officials confirmed the identity through body markings。

　　A body was recovered from the roof of the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles on Feb. 19, 2013. Missing Vancouverite Elisa Lam was last seen by hotel staff two weeks earlier. 

　　The 21-year-old University of British Columbia student went missing on January 31, and was last seen at the Cecil Hotel, near the city's notorious skid row。

　　On Tuesday, Lam's body was discovered in one of the hotel's four water tanks by a maintenance worker after investigating complaints about low water pressure, according to the Los Angeles Times。

　　Videotape released by police after Lam's disappearance showed the young woman acting strangely in the hotel elevator the night she was last seen。

　　The two-minute security tape footage showed Lam pressing buttons for multiple floors in the elevator before she darts out quickly, looking side-to-side before moving her arms around wildly。

　　Her reason for going to California is unclear, but authorities say Lam intended to travel to Santa Cruz as her final destination, which is about 563 kilometres north of Los Angeles。

　　Police suspect foul play in her disappearance。

　　Investigators say Lam was in daily contact with her family in Vancouver until she vanished. She never checked out of the hotel。

　　The last people to see Lam, a hostess and desk clerk at the hotel, said they never saw her with anyone else。(英文来源：CTV News)

　　据洛杉矶时报报道，大约三周前神秘失踪的加拿大华裔女子蓝可儿(Elisa Lam)的尸体周二在洛杉矶一家名为“Cecile Hotel”旅馆的顶楼水箱被发现。

　　据悉，该旅馆客人抱怨水压低，一名员工上楼查看，于洛杉矶当地时间上午10点左右发现了蓝可儿的尸体。该旅馆共有4个水箱，为其提供水源。

　　但是，报道中提到，目前警察还没有证实死者确实为蓝可儿，需要经过洛杉矶县验尸官办公室验证才做结论。

　　熟悉情况的消息人士称，称蓝可儿是被谋杀还为时尚早，但是，发现尸体的地点目前被视为犯罪现场。

　　来自温哥华的蓝可儿是一位加拿大华裔。她于1月26日抵达洛杉矶，并入住Cecil Hotel。据报道，她几乎每天都会与家人打电话，但是31日后即与家人失去联系。她居住的这家旅馆位于洛杉矶市中心，据当地媒体称，这一地区治安状况很差，许多吸毒人员、抢劫者以及流浪汉聚集于此。

　　美国警方当地时间14日公布一段酒店升降机的录像片段，显示蓝可儿在洛杉矶市中心贫民区旁的酒店住宿时，曾在电梯有怪异动作，并且警方强调蓝可儿并无精神问题。该事件一度引起中国网民热烈讨论，并称之为灵异事件。