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The purpose of this thread is to ask questions of and get an opinion from a WS verified professional search dog handler with regard to the search by dogs that took place for Elisa Lam on the rooftop of the Cecil Hotel, sometime between the dates Feb 1 through Feb 5.
Oriah is a WS verified professional search dog handler who will be joining us shortly after catching up on the details of Elisa's case.
For the benefit of any handlers who join in this discussion, this is a brief summary as it relates to the search of the rooftop of the Cecil Hotel:
Jan 31 2013 Elisa disappeared (some account say early morning hours of Feb 1). To our knowledge, the last recorded siting of her was as she left the elevator inside the Cecil Hotel.
Feb 6 2013 LAPD went public with her disappearance and said the hotel had been searched with dogs (Note: specific date of search and type of dog are not known)
Feb 19 2013 Elisa’s body was found in a water tank atop the roof of the 15 storey Cecil Hotel. Access to the top of the water tank in which she was found would appear to be either by a ladder at the side of the tank (wooden ladder, and unknown if it was there at the time of her disappearance), or from the top of a 2-storey maintenance loft located immediately adjacent to the tank in which she was found. Access to the top of that 2-storey maintenance loft is by a metal ladder affixed to the side of it.
An LAPD spokesperson has been quoted as saying it is his understanding the hatch on top of the water tank was closed at the time the rooftop was searched.
There was no precipitation in Los Angeles for the period Feb 1 through Feb 5.
Online historical weather data reports temperatures and wind speed were:
Wind Speed Mph
Mean/Max
Feb 1 .58 – 8
Feb 2 .12 – 2.9
Feb 3 1.04 – 4.1
Feb 4 .58 – 5.1
Feb 5 .58 – 4.1
Degrees F
Min/Mean/Max
Feb 1 50/60/76
Feb 2 56/63/75
Feb 3 56/67/77
Feb 4 50/59/72
Feb 5 54/55/60
Oriah is a WS verified professional search dog handler who will be joining us shortly after catching up on the details of Elisa's case.
For the benefit of any handlers who join in this discussion, this is a brief summary as it relates to the search of the rooftop of the Cecil Hotel:
Jan 31 2013 Elisa disappeared (some account say early morning hours of Feb 1). To our knowledge, the last recorded siting of her was as she left the elevator inside the Cecil Hotel.
Feb 6 2013 LAPD went public with her disappearance and said the hotel had been searched with dogs (Note: specific date of search and type of dog are not known)
Feb 19 2013 Elisa’s body was found in a water tank atop the roof of the 15 storey Cecil Hotel. Access to the top of the water tank in which she was found would appear to be either by a ladder at the side of the tank (wooden ladder, and unknown if it was there at the time of her disappearance), or from the top of a 2-storey maintenance loft located immediately adjacent to the tank in which she was found. Access to the top of that 2-storey maintenance loft is by a metal ladder affixed to the side of it.
An LAPD spokesperson has been quoted as saying it is his understanding the hatch on top of the water tank was closed at the time the rooftop was searched.
There was no precipitation in Los Angeles for the period Feb 1 through Feb 5.
Online historical weather data reports temperatures and wind speed were:
Wind Speed Mph
Mean/Max
Feb 1 .58 – 8
Feb 2 .12 – 2.9
Feb 3 1.04 – 4.1
Feb 4 .58 – 5.1
Feb 5 .58 – 4.1
Degrees F
Min/Mean/Max
Feb 1 50/60/76
Feb 2 56/63/75
Feb 3 56/67/77
Feb 4 50/59/72
Feb 5 54/55/60