Argentina’s police raided the Buenos Aires lodge the place ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed earlier than dying final week after falling from a third-floor balcony, a authorities official mentioned Thursday.
A police particular investigations unit went to the Casa Sur lodge Wednesday night time on orders from the general public prosecutors’ workplace. Officers seized objects together with pc laborious drives and pictures from lodge cameras, a authorities official instructed The Associated Press, talking on the situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to talk publicly.
The singer died Oct 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony within the up-market, touristy Palermo district. According to the post-mortem, Payne died from a number of accidents in addition to each inside and exterior bleeding attributable to the autumn. His physique was discovered within the lodge’s inside courtyard.
Initial investigations recommend that the musician was alone and experiencing a “breakdown” resulting from consumption of gear that haven’t but been decided. Following Payne’s loss of life, police discovered substances in his lodge room, in addition to a number of destroyed objects and furnishings, in accordance with the general public prosecutors’ workplace.
The British boyband star had cocaine in his system, in accordance with a preliminary toxicology report revealed by native press Monday and confirmed to the AP by a supply acquainted. Definitive outcomes aren’t anticipated to be made public for a number of weeks.
The Casa Sur lodge has grow to be a spot for Payne’s followers to pay their respects. They have left flowers, candles and pictures of the singer in a makeshift shrine round a tree on the lodge’s entrance.
The singer’s father, Geoff Payne, is in Buenos Aires arranging the repatriation of his son’s physique, which is anticipated to be launched round Oct. 28.
Payne’s household — which incorporates his mom Karen Payne and his two sisters Ruth and Nicola — have expressed their devastation over the loss, as have his former bandmates. Artists and celebrities from varied international locations proceed to share their grief.
One Direction was among the many most profitable boy bands of current instances. It introduced an indefinite hiatus in 2016 and Payne — like his former bandmates Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson — pursued a solo profession.
The singer had posted on his Snapchat account that he traveled to Argentina to attend Horan’s live performance in Buenos Aires on Oct. 2. He shared movies of himself dancing along with his girlfriend, American influencer Kate Cassidy, and singing alongside within the stands. Cassidy had left Argentina after the present, however Payne stayed behind.
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