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Liam Payne’s toxicology results reveal new details about his death
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Liam Payne’s toxicology results reveal new details about his death

New details have been revealed about Liam Payne’s death on October 16.

On Thursday, November 7, a press release from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No. 14 that the former One Direction member’s toxicology results have been received and passed on to his family.

In the 72-hour period before his death, Payne – who died at the age of 31 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – had traces of “alcohol, cocaine and prescription antidepressants” in his system, according to the press release translated from Spanish.

“This conclusion was reached after complete toxicology testing on urine, blood and vitreous,” the press release said.

On October 21, sources confirmed to ABC News that a partial autopsy revealed Payne had “multiple substances in his system” at the time of his death. According to ABC’s reporting, one of the substances found was “pink cocaine,” a recreational drug that typically contains a combination of methamphetamine, ketamine, MDMA – and not necessarily cocaine, according to the National Capital Poison Center.

The sources also told the outlet that a “makeshift aluminum pipe” used to ingest drugs was found in Payne’s hotel room.

The same press release on Thursday said three people have been arrested and charged in Argentina in connection with Payne’s death after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony.

The suspects are accused of abandonment of a person followed by death, and supplying and facilitating narcotics. However, they are not mentioned.

After Payne fell from the balcony and died, “illegal conduct was discovered and three people were charged with the crimes,” the release said.

One of the suspects is “the person who accompanied the artist daily during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires.” A second suspect is a hotel worker accused of supplying Payne with cocaine, and a third is an alleged “drug supplier.”

Prosecutors also said in the release that “self-harm of any kind and/or physical intervention by third parties were ruled out” as contributing factors to his death.

A forensic physician concluded that Payne’s death was caused by “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding” as a result of the fall, the release said.

With pertinent data collected, prosecutors also concluded that the “Strip That Down” singer “was not fully conscious or was experiencing a state of noticeable decline or loss of consciousness at the time of the fall.”

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