The name Elisa Lam or as Lam Ho Yi has gained worldwide recognition by media from her mysterious and untimely death. After a long and and painful month of wondering where she was workers checked the water tank on the Cecil hotel and saw Elisa lifeless body floating in the water. There are million of theories out there on how it happened or what caused it. Many people speculated that it was murder or drug overdose. Many of these rumors were fueled by the video that came out of her in a elevator showing odd behavior such as moving her arms in many different directions, hiding and moving her mouth like she was talking to someone. In this essay I would like to talk about the 3 theories around her death that peak my interest the most. Murder, The supernatural or an over dose. The drug theory is one of the more believable one on the list of theories on the internet. The theory states that she was high off meads and then died. From the autopsy record shows that Elisa took Dextroamphetamine,Lamotrigine,Venlafaxine,Bupropion all prescribed for people who had bipolar,depression,and and anxiety. Elisa parents have stated that he did have bipolar disorder and she has also stated that on her blog. In cases people with …show more content…
How the theory goes it that she was murdered by one of the staff at the hotel that she trusted.In the chilling video we see Elisa popping out in a playful way and it soon turns dark after we see her frantically pressing buttons on the elevator like she was trying to get away. In the video we also see Elisa hiding in the corner. It can also be said that she was folding her arms around in that way because she was scared or was on her medicine and her attacker took advantage of that. This theory would also explain why she was able to get to on the rooftop of the Cecil hotel because you need a key to reach the roof. This also explained how she ended up in the water tank and how it was
An unexpected murder with unexplained evidence all surrounding a 6 year old pageant queen named JonBenet all happening on the day after Christmas. Although there are many theories about JonBenet, evidence shows that it was most likely her brother. Jonbenet Ramsey was a beauty pageant queen that was found dead on the day after Christmas in a storage room in her basement of her house in Boulder Colorado. Jonbenet was born on August 6, 1990 in Atlanta Georgia, and was only 6 years old when she was found dead. There was a ransom note left on the stairs addressed to the dad and when her mom woke up and came down stairs she found it and it was asking for the exact amount of money of the bonus that the dad got earlier that year.
In Katherine Ramsland’s article “Murder by the Book: The Murder of Karyn Slover,” she tells the story of the mysterious murder of a 23 year old mother who seemed to vanish with no reasoning in central Illinois back in 1996. Ramsland begins by telling how an abandoned car was left on the side of the road with it still running, the headlights on and the driver door still open. Police searched the car and found a drivers license with Karyn Slover’s name on it, yet the car belonged to David Swann. The police reached Swann and told him of Karyn’s disappearance, which he then told the police how she was borrowing the car to pick up her son at the Slover’s household. The author continues on about how Swann filed a missing-persons report
In Nashville on September 8, 2016 a man has been found guilty for robbery and shooting of a drug dealer. According to the WSMV website, the man by the name of, Montrez E. Duncan, “was convicted for committing Hobbs Act Robbery, Robbery and carrying, and brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. A trial done in September 26, 2016, it was stated that Duncan and a few suspects followed the person home. They then entered the home, tied him up and threatened to kill him. The robbers stole some cocaine and cash from the victim and forced him to contact others to take more cash and drugs from them. When they felt the victim was of no value to them, they attempted to set him and the vehicle on fire. The victim was able
One day she was observed struggling to breathe. The author discovered that Karen had a bottle of tablets when he removed the bed covers. She had taken an overdose in an attempt to commit suicide. She was taken to Deacon’s Hospital Intensive Care Unit to pump out the stomach contents and also to neutralise the effect of the overdose. Karen had declared that she never wanted to go to the hospital should her condition gets worse. When Karen was now aware where she was, she complained to the author who apologised and said he would not let her pass on when he can do something about it. From Intensive Care Unit she was transferred to a private ward for recuperating.
They found a total of 12 pill bottles including anti anxiety and muscle relaxants. These drugs were prescribed from 5 different doctors. An open bottle of champagne was found, and an open can of beer was on a table with several pills around the bottle. The cause of death was drowning.
It was a regular sunday morning around 6 a.m. when Mrs. Robinson was taking her daily run in the morning. She jogged around the perimeter of the neighborhood at a fair speed while she pondered her plans for the day. Would she go grocery shopping, would she go out with some friends, or would she just stay at home and continue to grade papers, as she was a school teacher. These thoughts were brought to an abrupt halt when she saw something very peculiar in the corner of her eye. She approached what appeared to be a hunched over figure next to one of the rose bushes that lined the fence of the neighborhood. As she got closer, she realized what it was.
“The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.” Jodi Arias was charged for murdering her ex-boyfriend. Arias said she killed him using self-defence after he tried to “rape” her. The Jodi case is important because no one had proof on whether she had lied about Alexander trying to rape her or, she had raped and killed him purposely. It really seemed like she wanted him back when he no longer had feelings for her and took it to far.
Colonialism is an ongoing practice that is marginalizing indigenous communities because of their race, class, gender, and sexuality. Qwo-li Driskill et al quoted Rayna Green claiming “that colonial discourses represent Native women as sexually available for white men’s pleasure” (34). From their first contact the Europeans through to the present day, Aboriginal, Indigenous, and First Nations women have been categorized and seen as Other. Sarah Hunt employs in her analysis a form of postcolonial critique used by Edward Said, who argues in Orientalism (1978) that there exist constructs of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes towards racialized others, including Indigenous groups, rooted in Eurocentric prejudice, serving as an implicit
Aileen Wuornos was a notorious serial killer. There were some shows and a movie on T.V. they portrayed her life story. One of the shows 2015 season of the American Horror Story: Hotel and the movie was Monster. Only some of her life story shown on the television. The movie was powerful and accurate but does not delve completely into her tragic, messed up life. Wuornos had a disturbing story from beginning to end, includes several details that had not become mentioned in the film. When a person takes the time to read her life story, a person can immediately understand how she ended up on the twisted path that ends her life. Wuornos had become doomed from the beginning of her life. She was born on February 29 in the year of 1956. Wuornos did not have a loving mother and
1. After the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, John Darley and Bibb Latane were in shock as the rest of the city/world that a 28 year old lady could be stabbed in a neighborhood with about 38 by standers or more and say or do nothing. Why didn’t anyone try and help her? How could people stand by and watch this go on? People speculated that the failure of people to get involved might be due more to the influence (socially) that bystanders have on each other. To test this theory, Darley and Latane, two psychologists, decided to conduct a study. “Diffusion of Responsibility” Everyone hopes that someone else will be the first to step up
“It’s been an entire year since The Flower Girls’s last murder in Adelaide, South Australia. And the group of eight haven’t been spotted since. We are forced to ask the question – are they simply out of exes to get revenge on or are they just biding their time for their biggest kill yet?”
Evidence found at the crime scene suggests that Amy LaTour was killed last night in her home by her boyfriend Henry Willy. Amy was strangled to death by Henry out of jealousy of her love for her other boyfriend Joe Wonty.
Mary Maloney is waiting at home for her husband, who she loves so much, to come home from work. When he gets home, he tells Mary some upsetting about wanting out of the relationship. Mary is very upset and confused by the news and reacts by killing her husband by striking him on the back of the head with a frozen leg of lamb. Mary is not guilty of first-degree murder, but instead suffers from diminished capacity. She does not commit first-degree murder because she does not premeditate the murder, she suffers from many overwhelming emotions causing her to not think clearly, and she is unable to determine right from wrong.
OK Mr. and or Mrs. Killer. I've got a good theory so you better listen closely because I'm only going to tell it once. This is how I believe you killed Kai.
The detective genre is recognizable by the mystery that it represents or establishes. Every word of a fiction novel is chosen with a purpose, and that purpose on a detective novel is to create suspense. The excerpts from The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, Murder Is My Business by Lynette Prucha, and Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, create an atmosphere of suspense and mystery. Even though they all fit into this category, there are some differences that make each novel unique. The imagery that the authors offer in the excerpts helps the reader to distinguish the similarities and the differences.