An investigation into Liam PayneHis death grew after three people were arrested and police revealed they were searching for Liam’s missing watch. The One Direction member died on October 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

An official statement from the local prosecutor confirmed that the death was not ruled a suicide. On November 7th press releasetranslated from Spanish, suggested that Liam was not fully conscious at the time of his fall.

“Although other background medical information from the victim’s clinical history still needs to be analyzed, the phenomenon of lack of defense or self-preservation reflex in the fall, together with other relevant data from his consumption, allow us to conclude that Liam Payne was not fully conscious or was experiencing a noticeable decline or loss of consciousness at the time of the fall,” the statement said, It is! News.

Meanwhile, three arrests have been made in connection with the death, with prosecutors charging “offences of abandonment of a person followed by death, (and) supply and facilitation of narcotics”. Here, everything we know about the inquest into Liam Payne’s death.

Who has been charged in Liam Payne’s death?

Three people have been arrested and charged with various offenses in connection with the death of Liam Payne. According to the prosecutors, the first of the accused persons is “accompanied daily by the artist during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires, who is accused of the crimes of abandonment of a person, followed by death”, the statement said. They are also charged with supplying and facilitating narcotics.

The second person charged was a hotel employee, accused of two proven deliveries of cocaine to Liam Payne during his stay at the hotel. A third person is also accused of supplying drugs to the singer twice at different times.

What else happened in the investigation into the death of Liam Payne?

An investigation by Argentine authorities sought to probe the days leading up to Payne’s death and his stay at CasaSur between October 13 and 16. During the investigation, nine raids were carried out on private houses in Buenos Aires in search of Liam. the clock is missing among others (more on that below).

The investigation also reviewed testimony, video recordings, messages, documents and invoices that led to the conclusion that “at least four third party deliveries of narcotics and other facilitation of addictive consumption were visibly, concretely and conclusively proven “.

The investigation remains ongoing. In particular, the authorities are trying to gain access to Liam’s laptop. “The investigation must continue as, among other procedures, the unlocking of the victim’s personal netbook – which is broken – and other devices seized as part of the investigation are still ongoing,” the statement added.

What happened to Liam Payne’s Rolex?

The investigation is also looking into the whereabouts of Liam Payne’s watch: a gold Rolex reportedly worth around $60,000. Payne was wearing the watch hours before he died. Argentinian newspaper At Nacion reported that police were looking for the watch. “We know from the images that have been reviewed that Payne was wearing a Rolex on the day of his death,” detectives told the publication. According to the source, Payne wore the watch for at least two to three hours before his death. They didn’t find the watch in the CasaSur hotel. The watch was searched at the private homes of those charged with offenses relating to Liam’s death, where it was not found.

What was Liam Payne’s cause of death?

Liam Payne fell from the balcony of the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 16, 2024. He suffered traumatic injuries as a result of the fall, including “internal and external bleeding,” according to the coroner’s report. The death is not being ruled a suicide by local authorities. Furthermore, it concluded that there was no “physical intervention by third parties” in the fall, meaning it was most likely an accident.

Meanwhile, a partial autopsy confirmed that Payne had a number of drugs in his system when he died, including cocaine and a prescription antidepressant. Prosecutors in Argentina suggested Payne was not fully conscious when he fell and it was not intentional.

“For the prosecution, this situation would also exclude the possibility of a conscious or voluntary act on the part of the victim since, in the state in which he was, he did not know what he was doing nor could he understand.” the office statement said.

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