Liam Payne died from multiple trauma injuries, an autopsy revealed

Former One Direction member Liam Payne died from multiple traumas and “internal and external bleeding” following a fall from a third-floor balcony at a hotel, an autopsy report says.

A press release from Argentina’s Public Prosecutor’s Office No. 16 said it would investigate the incident as an “inconclusive death” based on the report’s conclusions.

Payne’s family told the PA news agency in a statement released through a spokeswoman that they were “heartbroken”, adding: “Liam will live in our hearts forever and we will remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul. “

Prosecutors said five witnesses were interviewed to reconstruct what happened on October 16 at the CasaSur Hotel in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires.

Hotel staff reportedly called emergency services twice, with the audio recording revealing that a staff member had requested help for a guest who was “drunk from drugs and alcohol.”

Police and emergency services found Payne dead at the scene and his body was taken to the mortuary.

Prosecutors said the musician was alone when the fall happened and said he appeared to be experiencing “some sort of outburst due to drug abuse.”

Forensic experts said no injuries were observed suggesting third-party intervention, although “the investigation also aims to determine the possible interference of third parties in the events leading up to his death.”

Police in the Argentine capital previously said the music star’s hotel room was in “complete disarray” and “various items were broken.”

They added that a whiskey bottle, a lighter and a mobile phone were recovered from the courtyard of the hotel where Payne’s body was found.

Tributes have been paid to the singer following his death at the age of 31. Pictures showed shocked fans gathering outside the hotel after police cordoned off the area, and forensic investigators in white protective suits and blue gloves were seen entering and leaving the hotel.

Fans were photographed lighting candles and leaving flowers on the side of the road in an impromptu vigil to pay tribute to the music star.

Former X Factor contestants have paid tribute to Payne and Cher Lloyd, who appeared on the ITV show the same year, wrote on Instagram that she will “cherish the memories and the laughs we had”.

In a post from the official X-Factor account on Seele at exactly the same time.”

One Direction formed in 2010 with Payne, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles after they individually auditioned for The X Factor.

After becoming one of the biggest pop groups in the world with five albums and four world tours, the group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016.

Payne, who was born in Wolverhampton, released his debut solo album LP1 in December 2019, which included the songs Polaroid, Familiar and Strip That Down featuring Quavo.

The song was one of two tracks to make it into the top 10 of the Official UK Charts, alongside “For You” featuring Rita Ora from the film “Fifty Shades Freed”, which the duo performed at the 2018 Brit Awards.

Payne had a high-profile relationship with Girls Aloud singer Cheryl between 2016 and 2018, and the couple welcomed a son, Bear, in 2017.

The singer previously said he struggled with alcoholism at the height of his success with One Direction, describing to The Diary Of A CEO podcast host Steven Bartlett that he had hit “rock bottom”.

He admitted that his alcohol addiction continued during the Covid pandemic, but posted a YouTube video in 2023 in which he confirmed that he had been sober for almost six months after nearly 100 days in a US rehab facility.