The preliminary autopsy report of Liam Payne has confirmed that the cause of his death was polytrauma, along with internal and external injuries that caused hemorrhages, a day after the singer passed away at the age of 31. Earlier this week, the former One Direction member died after falling from the third floor of a hotel balcony in Argentina. The autopsy report, according to the Argentina National Prosecutor’s Office, gives details of how Payne sheds light on the injuries he sustained before his passing.

How did Liam die? According to a statement by the Sistema de Atencio Medica de Emergencia, after Payne’s death, “British musician Liam James Payne, composer, and guitarist, former member of the band One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Palermo,” the statement read. “In the afternoon, police personnel from Precinct 14B were directed to the hotel by a 911 call reporting an aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.” The call, according to the reports, happened just before Payne fell off the balcony, according to the prosecutor’s office.

The report, however, did not name Payne. He “had jumped from the balcony of his room,” a statement from the Security Ministry of Buenos Aires, told the Associated Press, adding that he had “extremely serious injuries” and was declared dead on the scene. What did Payne's autopsy report show? According to the preliminary autopsy report details – obtained by v.