Former One Direction member, Liam Payne, has passed away following a fall that resulted in significant internal and external bleeding, according to preliminary autopsy findings.
The 31-year-old British singer jumped from the third floor into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in Argentina’s capital yesterday afternoon, before medics confirmed his death.
The conclusions were drawn by two forensic pathologists, Santiago Maffia Bizzozero and Victor Roberto Cohen, during a post-mortem examination today in Buenos Aires.
Further tests are currently underway to determine if the singer had consumed drugs and alcohol, which could have contributed to the Brit’s tragic de@th.
The autopsy was conducted at a city morgue located on Viamonte Street, a 15-minute drive south-west of Hotel CasaSur Palermo. This hotel is where the pop star fell from a third-floor balcony around 5pm local time yesterday.
Liam’s body was transported to the morgue last night, where post-mortem examinations for deaths in the city center are typically performed.
Alberto Crescenti, a director of emergency medical services SAME, had previously disclosed that Liam suffered a fractured skull as a result of the fall.
‘According to the emergency medical team sent to the scene he had a fracture in the base of his skull, extremely serious injuries,’ Mr Crescenti said.
He also told TN television that Payne was dead when paramedics arrived, adding: ‘Our role was to head there quickly, give medical attention, and try to resuscitate him, but his injuries were incompatible with life.’
Payne’s identity was confirmed by emergency services by checking his passport, but police do not yet have conclusive evidence regarding the circumstances of his fall.
The singer fell from a third-floor suite with a balcony overlooking an interior pool and the hotel’s on-site Michelin-star restaurant where he landed in the courtyard.
Police officers in forensic suits meticulously examined the room and its balcony late into the night following the erection of a red tent by their colleagues at the site where Payne passed away.
The patio where he died is next to the swimming pool and is also the site for outdoor tables at the hotel’s plant-based Sarco restaurant. No diners were there at the time, because Sacro closes after lunch at 4pm before reopening for dinner at 7.30pm.
Payne had arrived in Argentina earlier this month for his ex-bandmate Niall Horan’s concert with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy. She left two days ago, but he stayed on.
Around the same time, his ex-fiancée Maya Henry instructed lawyers to issue Payne with a cease and desist letter after accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.
Payne achieved stardom at the tender age of 16 when he formed the boy band One Direction on The X Factor in 2010 alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and Harry Styles.
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