The One Direction star passed away at the age of 31 after falling from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aries.
Yesterday (October 16) at around 5:00pm, police were called to the CasaSur hotel in the capital.
Authorities were told by the hotel manager a man had fallen from the balcony of his room.
Now, police have shared what they discovered in his hotel room, as they explained alcohol and medicines such as clonazepam were found.
The drug is primarily used to help control epilepsy, as well as involuntary muscle spasms and even panic disorders.
The force, which has taken fingerprints from the room to be analyzed as well as other items of evidence, described the scene as ‘total disorder’ with multiple things smashed in the room and medication scattered around.
On the floor below his hotel room, his body lay with whiskey, a mobile phone and a lighter beside it.
Liam Payne pictured in France earlier this year (Marc Piasecki/GC Images)
Police have previously said in a statement they were called over reports of an ‘aggressive man who could be under the effects of drugs and alcohol’.
Payne had been in the Argentinian capital as he attended the concert of his former One Direction bandmate Niall Horan, and was witnessed dancing at the gig, accompanied by girlfriend Kate Cassidy.
On Monday (October 14) Cassidy shared a video to her TikTok page of her trip from South America back to the US and explained the reason why she was leaving ahead of Payne.
Speaking in the video, she said: “Travel back to Florida with me. I was so ready to leave.
Payne and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy pictured in 2022 (DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
“Honestly, I love South America but I hate staying in one place for too long and we were supposed to be there for like five days and it turned into two weeks and I was just like I need to go home.”
Speaking about the night, Argentine Director of Emergency Medical Services, Alberto Crescenti said on the nation’s Todo Noticias TV channel: ” At 17.04 through the 911 integrated public safety system, we were alerted of a person who was in an internal courtyard of the management of a south house hotel.
“At 17.11 a SAME team arrived and verified the death of this man and later we found out that he was a singer in a musical group.
“Unfortunately, he had injuries that were incompatible with life, as a result of his fall, so we had to confirm his death, there was no possibility of resuscitation.”
