Investigators in Argentina are seeking to establish who provided the drugs that they believe former One Direction star Liam Payne consumed before he plunged to his death at the CasaSur hotel in Palermo on Wednesday afternoon. The prosecutor investigating the pop star’s death has released his body to his family, who are currently completing the paperwork for his remains to be repatriated, a source with the Buenos Aires City police told the Herald . Final results from the autopsy on Payne’s body are not yet available.
However, prosecutors said on Thursday that “everything indicates that the musician was on his own when the fall happened, and experiencing some form of breakdown as a product of substance abuse.” Payne’s former girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, broke her silence on Friday with a message posted in an Instagram story. “I have been at a complete loss,” she wrote.
“Nothing about the past few days have felt real [...
] Liam, my angel. You are everything. I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely.
I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. I love you Liam.” She also thanked her followers for their “kind words and love” and asked to be allowed to process the events in private.
It remains unclear how, exactly, Payne died. The authorities are investigating possibilities including suicide and an accidental fall, potentially while unconscious. Leaked photos of Payne’s hotel room showed a table covered in pieces of tin foil, cling .
