Tourists staying at a Los Angeles hotel bathed , brushed teeth and drank water from a tank in which a young woman 's body was likely decomposing for more than two weeks , police said . Elisa Lam 's corpse was found in the Cecil Hotel 's rooftop water tank by a maintenance worker who was trying to figure out why the water pressure was low Tuesday . Lam 's parents reported her missing in early February . The last sighting of her was in the hotel on January 31 , Los Angeles Police said . Detectives are now investigating the 21-year-old Canadian 's suspicious death , police Sgt . Rudy Lopez said . It was not clear whether the water presented any health risks to those who consumed it . Results on tests on the water done Wednesday by the Los Angeles Public Health Department were expected later in the day . The hotel management has not responded to CNN requests for comment . Video appears to show four cisterns on the hotel roof . People who stayed at the Cecil since Lam 's disappearance expressed shock about developments . `` The water did have a funny taste , '' Sabrina Baugh told CNN on Wednesday . She and her husband used the water for eight days . `` We never thought anything of it , '' the British woman said . `` We thought it was just the way it was here . '' What she described was not normal . `` The shower was awful , '' she said . `` When you turned the tap on , the water was coming black first for two seconds and then it was going back to normal . '' The hotel remained open after the discovery , but guests checking in Tuesday were told not to drink it , according to Qui Nguyen , who decided to find a new hotel Wednesday . Nguyen said he learned about the body from a CNN reporter , not the hotel staff . Authorities search for missing police chief . Fishing vessel , crew missing off Nova Scotia . How women can travel safely .
Sabrina Baugh disappeared from the hotel on Tuesday . The British 's body was found in a Cecil water tank January 31 . Police are investigating the death .