HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – A partial autopsy provides further insight into the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne last week.
According to a report from ABC News, the singer had multiple substances in his body when he fell to his death from the balcony of his hotel room in Argentina. One of the substances is said to be ‘pink cocaine’, a mixture of ketamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, opioids and more.
Authorities say they were called about a guest who they said was “intoxicated on drugs and alcohol.”
Police arrived on the scene about seven minutes after the fall and said they found his body in the hotel courtyard and were pronounced dead at the scene.
A preliminary autopsy report from Argentina’s public prosecutor’s office says Payne died of “multiple traumas” and “internal and external hemorrhages.” Twenty-five injuries are said to have been reported on Payne’s body. The report also says Payne’s head injuries due to the height of the fall were related to the cause of death.
It is said that a hotel employee suspected of supplying Payne with drugs the day he died was interviewed by officials but not arrested.
ABC News says Payne’s body will remain in Argentina until the autopsy is completed.
ABC News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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