Argentina's police have raided the Buenos Aires hotel where former One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying last week after falling from a third-floor balcony. Login or signup to continue reading A police special investigations unit went to the Casa Sur hotel on Wednesday night on orders from the public prosecutors' office. Officers seized items including computer hard drives and footage from hotel cameras, a government official told The Associated Press on Thursday, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorised to speak publicly.
The singer died October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony in the up-market, touristy Palermo district. According to the autopsy, Payne died from multiple injuries as well as both internal and external bleeding caused by the fall. His body was found in the hotel's internal courtyard.
Initial investigations suggest the musician was alone and experiencing a "breakdown" due to consumption of substances that have not yet been determined. Following Payne's death, police found substances in his hotel room, as well as several destroyed objects and furniture, according to the public prosecutors' office. The British boy band star had cocaine in his system, according to a preliminary toxicology report published by local press Monday and confirmed to the AP by a source familiar.
Definitive results aren't expected to be made public for several weeks. The Casa Sur hotel has become a place for Payne's fans to pay the.
