Police investigators in Los Angeles are trying to determine whether a missing Vancouver woman found dead inside a water tank was met with foul play or the victim of a bizarre accident.

The search for 21-year-old University of British Columbia student Elisa Lam came to a tragic end Tuesday when the young woman’s body was found in a water tank atop the roof of The Cecil Hotel, near a notorious neighbourhood dubbed Skid Row, where drug use and homelessness are rampant.

The young woman was identified by markings on her body, police said, and a coroner’s inquiry will determine the official cause of death in coming days. 

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