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    Three people have been charged in the October 16 death of 31-year-old singer Liam Payne in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    On Thursday, the local prosecutor’s office announced that the investigation into the circumstances of the former One Direction star’s fall from a hotel balcony has led to three suspects being criminally charged “with the crimes of abandoning a person after death , the supply and facilitation of narcotics.”

    Prosecutor Andrés Esteban Madrea, head of the National Public Prosecution Service in Argentina, said in the statement that one of the suspects is a person who reportedly accompanied Payne on a daily basis during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires. The second is a hotel worker accused of supplying the singer with cocaine during his stay, and the third person is alleged to have supplied drugs twice on October 14, two days before Payne’s death.

    After more than a two-week investigation that included raids, cell phone analysis and toxicology tests, Payne’s body was released to his father, Geoff Payne, who had flown to Argentina after his son’s death.

    Alcohol, cocaine, antidepressants found in Payne’s system; no foul play suspected

    The internal and external injuries suffered by Payne resulted from his fall from a third-floor balcony, and third-party involvement had been ruled out, according to Madrea. Tests showed Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant. Investigators believe he was partially or completely unconscious and ruled out the possibility that the fall was voluntary.

    According to the statement: “Since the beginning of the investigation and within a few days, extensive and painstaking measures have been taken to understand the circumstances surrounding the artist’s death.” According to the statement, this included several dozen testimonies, including hotel staff, family and friends, medical professionals, biochemists and psychiatrists.

    “A detailed analysis of more than 800 hours of video footage from various security cameras in the hotel and others on public roads was also conducted,” the statement said.

    In investigating what led to Payne’s death, Argentine authorities “conducted the forensic extraction of the contents of (Payne’s) mobile phone. From this, their calls, messages, chats in messaging applications and social networks were analyzed.”

    Payne achieved worldwide fame as part of the now disbanded pop group One Direction, which was formed in 2010 on the British program “The X-Factor”. The band also consisted of Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.

    Their first single “What Makes You Beautiful” became a worldwide hit, and after releasing five albums in five years, the band took an indefinite hiatus in 2016 after their fifth album, “Made in the AM”.

    All members – including Malik, who left the group in March 2015 – pursued solo careers.

    Payne is survived by his 7-year-old child Bear, whom he shared with British singer Cheryl Cole; his parents, Karen and Geoff Payne; and his sisters, Ruth Gibbins and Nicola Payne.

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