Liam Payne’s Partial Autopsy report out; Multiple Substance Found

The ex-One Direction member, Liam Payne, tragically died at 31 after falling from his hotel room balcony in Argentina. According to ABC News, a partial autopsy for Liam Payne has uncovered that the singer fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on October 16, had “multiple substances in his system” at the time of his passing. Those substances included “pink cocaine” – a drug that generally consists of a combination of methamphetamine, ketamine, and MDMA—not necessarily cocaine—per the National Capital Poison Center.

The sources also informed the publication that an “improvised aluminum pipe” used for drug ingestion was discovered in Payne’s hotel room.

As reported by ABC News, the body of the 31-year-old One Direction star will stay in Argentina until the completion of the autopsy.

Before Payne's death, officials at CasaSur Hotel contacted authorities and requested emergency assistance for a guest they claimed was impaired by drugs and alcohol. “We need to send someone with urgency because I don’t know if the guest’s life is in danger, as he is in a room with a balcony, and we are afraid he could do something that threatens life,” the worker told the emergency service, per the aforementioned outlet.

When authorities arrived just a few minutes later, they discovered Payne’s body in the hotel’s inner courtyard, where he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Alberto Crescenti, the director of SAME, Buenos Aires Emergency Medical Service, who spoke to ABC News earlier.

A preliminary autopsy report from the Argentinian Public Prosecutor’s Office indicated that Payne died from “multiple traumas” along with internal and external bleeding. The report noted twenty-five injuries on the Teardrops singer’s body, including head injuries that could have been fatal.

The Buenos Aires Security Ministry previously stated that “multiple substances and broken objects” were found in Payne’s hotel room. A hotel employee, suspected of providing drugs to him on the day of his death, has been interviewed by officials but has not been arrested, and no charges have been filed against them at this time, as reported by ABC.

In the aftermath of his tragic passing, the singer is being remembered by his peers as someone who consistently offered support during their darker moments. Millions of fans around the world are mourning him by holding candlelit vigils and other memorials.