The story of Pablo Vergara is a cautionary tale of how a group of web sleuths can unintentionally but permanently damage the life of an innocent person. The “Morbid” musician and singer was falsely named as the person who killed Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel, even though he was not even in the country at the time.
Vergara was a death metal musician in Mexico City. He appeared on Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, and discussed how he received death threats and antagonism online, accusing him in Lam’s death because he had once been at the same hotel as Lam. The docuseries was released on Netflix Wednesday, February 10, 2021. After he was falsely accused, he left music to become a filmmaker.
Here’s what you need to know:
Vergara Was Accused of Killing Lam, a Woman He Never Met, & Attacked Online Until He Considered Suicide
Look what social media and people online who doesn't even know him has done him.
Please, please, please, let us do our best not to hate anyone w/out knowing them because judging them might ruin their lives.
I'm so sad for Pablo Vergara. He lost his music, his life. I'm sorry :( pic.twitter.com/DKjkIB7aty— mors (@deniicemmm) February 10, 2021
Vergara learned he had been accused of killing Lam when he was sent a link to a Thai news outlet naming him as a suspect in the 21-year-old woman’s death. Her mysterious death became fodder for conspiracy theorists after police released video of her acting strangely in the notorious Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles’ skid row. An investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Coroner determined Lam died accidentally due to drowning, a result of a bipolar episode. Read more about the circumstances surrounding her death and read the full autopsy report here, and read more about her life and read excerpts from her Tumblr account here.
Vergara said the accusation spurred from a video he posted at the Cecil Hotel. But he had not been there for 14 months, and said he was in Mexico at the time of her death. He was questioned by Mexican federal authorities as the accusations swirled, but no charges were filed against him. He posted a video online saying he was not responsible for her death and said he was innocent. He disguised his voice and wore a mask. Still, the death threats continued, he said on the documentary, and people online continued to call him a murderer. It lead to depression and suicidal thoughts, he said.
“What happened to me could happen to anyone,” he said.
While there have been many people who have been falsely accused and berated online, he said he is grateful to be one of those who survived it.
“Lots of people get bullied, and they don’t make it,” he said.
Morbid Left Music to Earn a Master’s Degree From New York Film Academy & Began a Career in Horror Films
"Sure, I mean, some of the lyrics talk about death and murder or whatever but, you know, it's just lyrics. It's just music. It's art. It doesn't make me a killer."
Morbid : Pablo Vergara
The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel pic.twitter.com/jq7zAvn7Ry— 𝙆𝙞𝙢 🏳️🌈 (@kimbekimbekimbe) February 10, 2021
Vergara shared openly on the documentary about attempting suicide after he was falsely accused of killing a woman he never met. He was hospitalized and survived, but his music career largely died. He became concerned that his dark music, which drew a spotlight on him as a potential killer, would be misinterpreted.
Instead, Morbid enrolled at the New York Film Academy’s Filmmaking program in New York in the fall of 2016 before moving to Los Angeles to complete his master’s in fine arts at the Hollywood campus, according to the New York Film Academy.
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