Remember the unsolved case that caused a sensation around the world in 2013, the "Lan Ke'er Murder Case"?
Lan Ke'er, a Chinese-Canadian girl, was found strangely dead in the roof water tower of the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles, USA, and the case is full of doubts that have not been solved. At that time, there were voices that wanted to adapt it into a movie or series, and after 8 years, the case was finally made into a documentary by Netflix (Netflix).
"Crime Scene: The Disappearance of the Cecil Hotel" will present this bizarre case in the form of a four-episode crime documentary, through interviews with investigators, hotel staff and hotel tenants, and go deep into the scene of the crime to restore the truth of the case.
The documentary is scheduled for February 10, just released the trailer, it quickly appeared on the domestic network hot search.
The sensational "Lan Ke'er Incident" is one of the contemporary mystery cases, and the various conjectures and fears caused by this name are still preserved in the memories of many people.
As many netizens said: the documentary evoked their memories, when they watched the video, they did not dare to take the elevator alone for a long time.
In January 2013, Lan Ke'er, a Chinese-Canadian female student, traveled alone to Los Angeles and stayed at the Cecil Hotel in the city center. During this period, she would call her family every day to keep in touch, but on January 31, she suddenly lost news, and the police immediately launched a search after calling the police.
On February 19, Lankle's body was found in a water tank on the top floor of the Cecil Hotel, completely naked and sinking down at the bottom of the tank, and unusually distorted.
On the morning of the incident, a guest complained that the water pressure in the hotel was too low, and there was an inexplicable smell in the water. Therefore, the hotel sent maintenance personnel to the roof water tank to check and found a corpse inside, which was identified as Lan Ke'er, who had been missing for three weeks.
After the news came to light, the residents of the Cecil Hotel panicked, fearing that they had drunk the water soaked in the corpses; some of the guests immediately left the hotel and moved elsewhere.
Another tenant said that on the night of Lan Ke'er's disappearance, a noise was heard, and some rooms were flooded, suspected of being blocked by foreign bodies.
The biggest controversy caused by the whole case came from a surveillance video on the night of Lan Ke'er's disappearance. Los Angeles police released a bizarre video of a hotel elevator on February 13 when the search for Lan Ke'er was unsuccessful.
In the video, Lan Ke'er, dressed in casual clothes, behaves strangely and dances with exaggerated movements; after pressing multiple elevator floors, the elevator door is not closed, and she repeatedly looks out; she seems to be talking to people outside the elevator many times, and seems to be hiding in the elevator to escape someone.
The eerie video spread rapidly after Lan Ke'er's body was found, casting a supernatural overtonement of the case.
Later forensic autopsies showed that the cause of death was accidental drowning, and the possibility of his killing was also ruled out through clues at the scene and on the body. Although bipolar disorder is suspected to be an important cause of Lan Ke'er's death, according to those close to her, she has never behaved abnormally.
So, how does a girl avoid the alarm system and quietly go to the top floor of the hotel? How did she struggle to climb the three-meter-high water tower and cover it from the inside?
The suspicious facts of the case have led to all kinds of speculations, and there are many opinions, but the case itself has become an unsolved case, and neither the police nor the detectives can solve it.
Coupled with the "history" of the Cecil Hotel where Lan Ke'er stayed, it adds to the suspense of the case.
The Cecil Hotel is known as the "Hotel of Death", where there have been many suicides and homicides, including notorious serial killers Richard Ramirez and Jack Entvig, and even rumors of victims of the "Black Dahlia" case.
The hotel itself is very topical, as asked in the trailer: Which room has not died?
The appeal of the unsolved case of the century is enormous, and the documentary's director, Emmy award-winning Joe Burlinger ("Extreme Evil", "Conversations with the Killer: Ted Bundy Video"), said that he had long wanted to make the Lacer case.
However, focusing on the victim is very different from focusing on the perpetrator's crime documentary, the former to some extent more or less has the consumption and insult to the victim, the secondary harm to the victim's family.
In fact, as early as 2017, the Lan Ke'er incident was made into a documentary "Lan Ke'er: The Truth Is White", although it did not cause much repercussions, but there were still people who left a message saying that it was one of the most terrifying films, too real.
If you have to adapt, it may not be a good way to give it to Netflix.
Including the recent documentary "The Night Stalker: The Hunt for the Serial Killer", "Raising a Tiger", "Jeffrey Epstein: Dirty Wealth", "American Murder Story: The Family Next Door", "Unsolved Mystery" and other crime documentaries have become a signature genre of Netflix.
At Netflix's usual production level, Crime Scene: The Disappearance of the Cecil Hotel will surely take us back in a fascinating way.
In addition, it will expand the surrounding area of the investigation and uncover some facts that we do not know.
I hope that this documentary can put forward more clear new ideas, so that after 8 years, everyone can glimpse a hint of compassion through the fog of suspense.
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