Friday, October 18, 2024 - Two mystery women were with Liam Payne hours before the ex-One Direction star fell to his death from a balcony in Buenos Aires.
According to Mirror UK, the pair were
located and questioned by police and prosecutors and were partially named on a
national TV programme.
Before prosecutors confirmed they had
questioned five people, including two women who had been with Liam in the hours
before his death for a “reconstruction of his last hours.
‘’He was with two women in his
room where there was access to drugs. I won’t say they’re surnames, but
they are well-known," she added:
It's reported that the women left the hotel
prior to Liam's fatal fall and have been labelled as "key
witnesses" in local media reports rather than suspects in his death, which
prosecutors have described as "duduso". 'Dudoso' literally translates
to “doubtful.”
In their initial official statement today,
prosecutors confirmed they had questioned five witnesses, stating two were
women and three were hotel employees, and also confirmed Liam had 25 separate
injuries.
In the detailed statement, they also
confirmed they had removed "several substances" from Liam's room that
they believed would indicate he had taken drugs before falling to his death
from a third-floor hotel balcony.
It remains unclear who the police suspect
could have provided him with the drugs.
In a recent statement, the first since
Liam's tragic passing at Hotel CasaSur Palermo, prosecutors disclosed key
findings from the autopsy that was actually performed late last night.
"The National Prosecutor's Office for
Criminal and Correctional Matters N°16, under the interim charge of Marcelo
Roma, can confirm that the autopsy on British musician Liam James Payne, 31,
determined that the former member of the boy band One Direction died of
multiple injuries and internal and external haemorrhaging as a result of the
fall he suffered from the balcony of the third-floor room of the hotel in the
Palermo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires where he was staying
"The National Prosecutor's Office for
Criminal and Correctional Matters N°16, under the interim charge of Marcelo
Roma, can confirm that the autopsy on British musician Liam James Payne, 31,
determined that the former member of the boy band One Direction died of
multiple injuries and internal and external haemorrhaging as a result of the
fall he suffered from the balcony of the third-floor room of the hotel in the
Palermo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires where he was staying.
"The prosecutor's office pointed out
that, as a matter of protocol, the circumstances of the case are being
investigated as a 'doubtful death', although everything suggests that the
musician was alone when the fall occurred and was going through some kind of
psychotic episode as a result of substance abuse.
"According to the reconstruction by
the prosecution, the incident occurred at 17:07 yesterday.
"Minutes earlier, the Hotel Casa Sur,
located at 6000 Costa Rica Street in Palermo, requested help through the 911
emergency line for a guest who was under the influence of drugs and alcohol and
had destroyed some objects in the room.
"On the arrival of the same medical
emergency response service and members of the 14B Neighbourhood Police Station
of the Buenos Aires City Police, Payne had already fallen from the balcony of
his room and died on the spot due to the seriousness of his injuries.
"Payne's body was taken to the
Judicial Morgue where forensic doctors from the Forensic Medical Corps
performed the autopsy between 21:45 and 23:05 local time.
"The autopsy protocol sent to the
prosecutor's office and signed by Santiago Maffia Bizzozero and Roberto Víctor
Cohen concluded that 'the cause of death of Liam James Payne macroscopically
determined, has been poly traumatism, internal and external haemorrhage'.
"The forensic doctors clarified that
'the complementary studies requested could confirm, rectify and/or complement
the above macroscopic conclusions', and in this sense, they reported that
histopathological, biochemical and toxicological studies were requested.
"On this point, the analysis of
stomach contents, alcohol, and toxins in blood, as well as vitreous humour,
bile, nasal swab, and urine for alcohol and toxins, was requested."
The forensic experts have concluded that
the 25 injuries found on the deceased during the autopsy are consistent with a
fall from height, and they also noted that the head injuries were severe enough
to cause death. The internal and external bleeding in the skull, chest,
abdomen, and limbs also played a role in the fatality.
“In their medico-legal considerations, the
forensic experts reported that the 25 injuries described in the autopsy are
compatible with those produced by a fall from height. They also pointed out
that the cranioencephalic injuries were sufficiently suitable to cause death,
while the internal and external haemorrhages in the skull, thorax, abdomen and
limbs contributed to the mechanism of death.”
"The forensic experts also considered
that having analysed his hands, no defensive injuries were found, that all the
injuries on the body were life-threatening and produced at the same time, and
that no injuries were observed that would suggest the intervention of third
parties."
The prosecutor's office has suggested that
Payne may not have been conscious during the fall due to the position of the
body and the nature of the injuries.
"The prosecutor's office indicated
that, due to the position of the body and the injuries sustained in the fall,
it is presumed that Payne did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself
and that he may have fallen in a state of semi-or total unconsciousness."
Initial investigations by prosecutor Roma
and secretary Florencia Lavaggi led to the discovery of potential narcotics,
alcohol, and destroyed furniture at the scene
“The prosecutor Roma and the secretary
Florencia Lavaggi ordered the first measures, among them the summoning of the
experts of the Mobile Criminalistic Unit of the City Police who surveyed the
scene and found inside the room substances that at first glance - and pending
the confirmation of the experts - would be narcotics and alcoholic beverages,
as well as several objects and destroyed furniture.”
“Also, last night, at the headquarters of
the National Prosecutor's Office for Criminal and Correctional Matters No16,
five testimonies were taken from three hotel workers and two women who, in the
previous hours, had been with the musician in his room, but who had already
left the hotel when the event occurred.”
"The prosecutor's office said that
beyond reconstructing the circumstances of the musician's death, the
investigation is also aimed at determining the possible involvement of third
parties in the events leading up to the victim's death."
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