Liam Payne’s autopsy revealed the One Direction singer died from “polytrauma” and “an internal and external hemorrhage.”
Payne died Wednesday, Oct. 16, as a “result of the fall he suffered from the balcony of the third floor room of the hotel in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo where he was staying,” according to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office N°16, temporarily headed by Marcelo Roma. He was 31.
According to the report, circumstances surrounding his death are still being investigated as a “dubious” death, although it appeared as though Payne was alone when the fall occurred and the musician was “going through some type of outbreak resulting from substance abuse.”
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Liam Payne died Wednesday as a “result of the fall he suffered from the balcony of the third floor room,” according to a preliminary autopsy report. (Getty Images)
Authorities confirmed Payne died after 5 p.m. at the Casa Sur hotel in the Palermo district located on Costa Rica Street. An employee called the emergency line to ask for help for a guest who was “under the influence of drugs and alcohol who had destroyed some objects in the room.”
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Upon arrival, officials discovered “Payne had already fallen from the balcony of his room and died at the scene as a result of the severity of his injuries.”
Authorities confirmed Payne died after 5 p.m. at the Casa Sur hotel in Buenos Aires. (Getty Images)
His body was then transferred to the Judicial Morgue where an autopsy was performed between 9:45-11:05 p.m. Medical examiners requested histopathological, biochemical and toxicological testing.
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“At this point, analysis of stomach contents, alcohol and blood toxins, vitreous humor, bile, nasal swab and urine was required to determine alcohols and toxins,” the report stated.