Investigators have questioned two women who were in Liam Payne’s hotel room just hours before he died.
Page Six obtained access to a statement from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office in Argentina, which showed officials have taken statements from two women and three hotel workers.
Officials have taken statements from two women and three hotel workers, according to Page Six who obtained access to a statement from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office in Argentina.
The prosecutor’s office told how two women “had been with the musician in his room” at the Buenos Aires hotel, CasaSur Palermo, in the “hours prior” to his death “but had already left the hotel when the incident occurred.”
Their investigation is “aimed at determining the possible intervention of third parties in the events prior to the death of the victim,” and the statement stressed that “everything indicates that the musician was alone when the fall occurred, and was going through some kind of outbreak due to substance abuse.”
Liam, 31, died on Wednesday after falling three floors from his hotel room.
The prosecutor’s office has confirmed forensic reports showed no injuries were observed that suggest any third-party involvement.
Police have also confirmed they seized a number of substances from the hotel room “indicating previous situation of alcohol and drug consumption,” with a search of the room revealing “what appeared to be narcotics, alcohol, destroyed objects and furniture.”
Photos have been published by Argentinian media showing a table covered with tin foil, white powder, a lighter and scorch marks, that claim to be from the star’s room.
A hotel guest told the BBC that he’d heard “violent noises,” a few hours before the One Direction star’s death. “I thought they were working on the room,” said Doug Jones. “There was a lot of noise, like heavy lifting, like banging, a lot of loud, violent noises, I thought. And I saw hotel people going in and out of that room, so I thought they were doing work on the room. So about 4pm, 430pm, I started hearing some more noise, I was still doing work, and I heard a really loud, violent scream around 4.45pm, 5pm.”
Liam is survived by his seven-year-old son, Bear, who he shares with his ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole.
