New details have been revealed about Liam Paynes death 16 October.
Thursday, November 7 at press release from the National Criminal and Correctional Services Authority no. 14 revealed that the former One Direction the member’s toxicology results are in and have been communicated to his family.
In the 72-hour period before his death, Payne — who died in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the age of 31 — had traces of “alcohol, cocaine and prescription antidepressants” in his system, according to the press release translated from Spanish.
“This conclusion came after the complete toxicology tests on urine, blood and vitreous humor,” the press release states.
On October 21, sources confirmed that ABC News that a partial autopsy revealed that Payne had “multiple substances in his system” at the time of his death. According to ABC’s reporting, one of the substances found was “pink cocaine,” a drug that typically contains a combination of methamphetamine, ketamine, MDMA — and not necessarily cocaine — according to National Capital Poison Center.
The sources also told the outlet that “an improvised aluminum pipe” used to ingest drugs was found in Payne’s hotel room.
The same Thursday press release stated that three people have been arrested and charged in Argentina in connection with Payne’s death after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony.
The suspects are charged with handing over a person followed by death as well as supplying and facilitating narcotics. However, they have not been named.
After Payne fell from the balcony and died, “unlawful conduct was discovered from which three individuals were charged with the crimes,” the release said.
One of the suspects is “is the person who accompanied the artist daily during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires.” A second suspect is a hotel employee accused of supplying Payne with cocaine, and a third is an alleged “drug supplier”.
Prosecutors also said in the release that “self-harm of any kind and/or physical intervention by a third party has been ruled out” as contributing causes of his death.
A medical examiner concluded Payne’s death was caused by “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding” as a result of the fall, according to the release.
With relevant data collected, prosecutors also concluded that the “Strip That Down” singer “was not fully conscious or experiencing a state of appreciable reduction or unconsciousness at the time of the fall.”
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