Drugs Found in Liam Payne’s System in Toxicology Report Following Death
Authorities in Argentina have uncovered more details surrounding Liam Payne‘s untimely death.
Results from a preliminary toxicology screening showed that the One Direction alum had drugs in his system when he fatally fell from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires Oct. 16, an official with direct knowledge told the New York Times.
A police spokesperson confirmed to the outlet that the toxicology report was handed over to local prosecutors for their investigation into Payne’s death. Final results from the toxicology report are pending.
In an Oct. 17 press release from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office, investigators said they found substances inside Payne’s room that “at first glance—and pending confirmation from the experts—would be narcotics and alcoholic beverages.”
As part of their investigation, authorities said they took statements from three hotel workers and two women who had been with Payne in his room hours before his death, but had already left the hotel when he died.
“Beyond reconstructing the circumstances of the musician’s death,” prosecutors said in their press release, “the investigation is also aimed at determining the possible involvement of third parties in the events prior to the victim’s death.”