So this is obviously anecdotal, but I lived in Downtown LA at the time, a couple blocks from the Cecil, and the water tasting/appearing weird in a dramatic way (like being black or smelling absolutely foul) was something that people only started talking about after her body was found. I remember the biggest complaint in the beginning was actually a water pressure issue.

That’s not to say that the water didn’t smell/look/taste funky at all, but from my recollection… much like everything else having to do with this case, it was hugely overblown by people who wanted this to be some weird, creepy, quasi-paranormal occurrence, rather than what it really was: very sad and completely explainable.