Liam Payne, the previous member of the boy band One Course, died of trauma and inside and exterior bleeding, an post-mortem carried out in Buenos Aires following his demise after he plummeted from a lodge balcony in Argentina’s capital on Wednesday reveals, in keeping with the native prosecutor, who introduced that as a matter of protocol, the incident is being investigated as a “doubtful death.”
Payne died at 5:07 p.m. on Wednesday after falling from the Casa Sur Lodge balcony and his physique was taken to the town’s judicial morgue, the place, that night time, forensic medical professionals carried out the post-mortem. Simply earlier than midnight, the medical doctors decided “the cause of death of Liam James Payne, determined macroscopically, has been polytrauma, internal and external hemorrhage,” in keeping with an announcement despatched to The Hollywood Reporter by Argentina’s Nationwide Legal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Workplace No. 14.
An outpouring of assist and love for the British singer flooded social media because the information of his demise unfold Wednesday night time.
The prosecutor’s workplace mentioned in its press launch that as a matter of protocol, the circumstances of Payne’s demise shall be investigated as a “doubtful death,” though plainly the musician was alone when the autumn occurred. The workplace mentioned that Payne “was going through some kind of outbreak due to substance abuse.”
Inside Payne’s lodge room, in keeping with the Cellular Criminalistics Unit of the Metropolis Police in Buenos Aires, who surveyed the scene, substances have been found that “would be narcotics and alcoholic beverages, as well as several destroyed objects and furniture.” The prosecutor’s workplace famous that whether or not the substances discovered are in reality narcotics continues to be pending affirmation from consultants.
5 witnesses have been interviewed on the scene, in keeping with the native prosecutor. Three of the people who made statements to native police have been lodge staffers and two have been ladies who, within the hours prior, had been with the musician in his room however had already left the lodge when Payne fell to his demise.
“Beyond reconstructing the circumstances of the musician’s death, the investigation is also aimed at determining the possible involvement of third parties in the events prior to the victim’s death,” the prosecutor’s workplace press launch states.
Minutes earlier than Payne’s demise on the lodge in Argentina’s stylish Palermo district, the lodge supervisor known as 911 to ask for assist for a visitor who was “under the influence of drugs and alcohol and had destroyed some objects in the room,” the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned on Thursday. The Related Press obtained the audio and reported that the supervisor’s voice grew to become extra anxious as the decision continued and famous that the room had a balcony.
The prosecution mentioned on Thursday that given the place wherein the physique was left and the accidents from the autumn, “it is presumed that Payne did not adopt a reflex posture to protect himself and that he could have fallen into a state of semi- or total unconsciousness.” On Wednesday, Pablo Policicchio, the communications director for the Buenos Aires Safety Ministry, informed The Related Press that Payne “had jumped from the balcony of his room.”
The medical experts in Buenos Aires mentioned that complimentary histopathological, biochemical and toxicological research have been requested and they could affirm or contradict their preliminary conclusions.
“At this point, the analysis of the stomach content, alcohol and toxins in the blood, vitreous humor, bile, nasal swab and urine for the determination of alcohol and toxins was requested,” the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned in its Thursday press launch.
Payne was open about scuffling with alcoholism and posted a video in July 2023 to his YouTube channel indicating he was six months sober after receiving therapy.