The investigation surrounding Liam Payne’s death continues to unfold.
On Wednesday, Argentina’s National Prosecution announced in a press release that three suspects – “one who accompanied the artist daily during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires,” a hotel worker and an alleged drug dealer – have been arrested and charged in connection with the death of the deceased One Direction singer in Buenos Aires.
According to the press release, “several dozen testimonies were received at the headquarters of the Public Prosecution Service, including from hotel staff, relatives and friends, medical professionals, biochemists and psychiatrists.”
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In addition, more than 800 hours of video footage from several hotel security cameras and others on public roads were reviewed, as well as the contents of Payne’s cell phone, including calls, messages and chats on messaging applications and social networks.
According to the press release, the prosecutor analyzed, among other things, testimonies, video recordings, messages, documents, invoices, social networks and communications. It was “conclusively proven” that at least four deliveries of narcotics from third parties were addressed to Payne during his stay at the Casa Sur hotel between October 13 and 16.
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The first accused, someone who “accompanied the artist on a daily basis during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires,” was charged with the crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death, the release said.
“The second defendant is a hotel worker charged with two proven deliveries of cocaine to Liam Payne during the period he was at the hotel, and the third, also a drug supplier, is charged with two other clearly proven deliveries at two different times . on October 14.”
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Both were charged with supplying narcotics.
Payne died on October 16 as a result of the fall he suffered from the balcony of the hotel’s third-floor room in the Buenos Aires area of Palermo where he was staying,” said the National Public Prosecutor’s Office No. 16, temporarily headed by Marcelo Roma.
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Authorities confirmed that Payne died after 5 p.m. at the Casa Sur hotel in the Palermo neighborhood, located on Costa Rica Street. An employee called the emergency line to ask for help for a guest who was “under the influence of drugs and alcohol and had destroyed some items in the room.”
Buenos Aires police said they found Payne’s hotel room “in complete disarray” with “several items broken.” According to The Associated Press, packets of clonazepam (commonly sold under the brand name Klonopin and which acts as a central nervous system depressant), energy supplements and other over-the-counter medications were found among his belongings. Forensic teams also reported that a whiskey bottle, lighter and mobile phone were recovered from the courtyard where Payne’s body was found.
According to Wednesday’s publication, ‘the results of the toxicology tests – which had already been communicated to his family – revealed that Payne showed only traces of polydrug use or alcohol in the moments leading up to his death and in the period of at least his last 72 hours. , cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his system. This conclusion was reached after complete toxicological analyzes of urine, blood and vitreous humor, carried out in a very short time.
Furthermore, the press release states: “The lack of defensive or self-preservation reflex in the fall, together with other relevant data resulting from his consumption, allows us to conclude that Liam Payne was not fully conscious or was in a state of noticeable decline. or abolition of consciousness at the time of the fall.”
The autopsy has reportedly been completed and completed and “the delivery of the body to the deceased’s father, Geoff Payne” took place over the weekend.
Payne had one child, a 7-year-old son, Bear, with ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole.
According to the press release, the investigation is still ongoing and states: “In addition to the evidential value achieved so far (visual, register, medical, scientific, documentary, telephone, testimonial, etc.), the investigation must continue, as there among other proceedings Unlocking the victim’s personal netbook – which is broken – and other devices seized during the investigation are still ongoing.”
Fox News Digital’s Tracy Wright and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Original article source: Liam Payne: 3 people arrested, charged in Argentina in connection with the death of the former One Direction singer
