Liam Payne police update reveals extent of singer's injuries as 'foul play' ruled out
Police and forensic experts have revealed the devastating extent of Liam Payne's injuries, following the singer's death on Wednesday, as well as confirmed that the One Direction star 'jumped' from the balcony of his room at the hotel where he died.
There was widespread shock across the world when, after reports from local media in Argentina, it was confirmed by news outlets across the globe that the 31-year-old had died after falling from third floor room at the Casa Sur hotel in Buenos Aires. In the minutes leading up to Liam's death, the desk manager at the hotel made a frantic phone call to emergency services, urging them to send someone straight away, having raised concerns about a male guest who was smashing his room up and left staff worried he would do something to 'endanger his life.'
Liam's body was found in an internal patio at Casa Sur, as emergency services raced to the scenes, before shocked and devastated fans made their way to the scene to pay their respects.
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On Thursday, the results of a preliminary autopsy revealed that Liam died from multiple traumas" that caused "internal and external bleeding," consistent with the 10 metres fall he suffered and now a further update has been given, with police authorities making a statement to the Associated Press to reveal that the For You singer jumped from the balcony of his room," to rule out any suggestions of an accidental fall or foul play.
Forensic experts also dispelled any notion of a 'third party involvement,' confirming that Liam sustained 25 injuries as a result of the fall, with the injuries described in the premilitary autopsy compatible with those caused by a fall from a height."
They added that Liam had no "defensive type" injuries and that the wounds on his body were "vital and produced at the same time as each other," concluding that the involvement of anyone else had therefore been 'ruled out.'