An autopsy report has confirmed Liam Payne’s cause of death a day after the singer passed away at the age of 31. Authorities have not yet released the official results of Payne’s toxicology report.
On Oct. 16, the former One Direction band member died after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
The autopsy report, according to a from the Argentina National Prosecutor’s Office, details how the singer died and sheds light on the injuries he sustained before his death. On Nov. 7, authorities ruled out suicide and three people were charged in relation to his death.
Payne’s family and friends, including the four other members of One Direction, James Corden and Simon Cowell, gathered near London for his funeral on Nov. 20, according to People
The Sistema de Atencio Medica de Emergencia shared the following statement with Telemundo, part of NBCUniversal, after Payne’s death.
“British musician Liam James Payne, composer and guitarist, former member of the band One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Palermo,” the statement read. “In the afternoon, police personnel from Precinct 14B were directed to the hotel by a 911 call reporting an aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”
The call, which occurred minutes before Payne’s death, according to the prosecutor’s office, did not name Payne, but local authorities have since confirmed it was about him, NBC News’ Chloe Melas reported.
In a statement to the Associated Press, the Security Ministry of Buenos Aires said Payne “had jumped from the balcony of his room.” Medics noted that the singer had “extremely serious injuries” and declared him dead on the scene.
The Argentina National Prosecutor’s Office shared details from Payne’s autopsy in a press release.
Per the autopsy, Payne died of “polytrauma and internal and external bleeding.”
The prosecutor’s office called the death “doubtful/undetermined,” meaning there was no conclusive information about the cause of death.
Following Payne’s death, “a series of substances were seized from the musician’s room, which would prove a previous situation of alcohol and drugs consumption,” the release said.
Payne was open about his history of addiction prior to his death.
Payne died as a result of “multiple traumatic injuries” and “internal and external bleeding” he sustained after falling from the balcony, according to the release from the prosecutor’s office.
Forensic experts found a total of 25 injuries “compatible with those produced by a fall from height” and not self-harm. The singer’s brain and skull (cranioencephalic) injuries in particular were “sufficiently suitable to cause death.”
The internal and external hemorrhages in his skull, chest, abdomen and limbs “contributed to the mechanism of death,” according to the release.
The public prosecutor said there were defensive wound’s on Payne’s hands, according to the Associated Press, meaning “he did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself and that he could have fallen into a state of semi- or total unconsciousness,” the outlet reported.
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