Liam Payne’s preliminary autopsy report has confirmed that the cause of his death was polytrauma, as well as bleeding due to internal and external injuries, a day after the singer passed away at the age of 31.

Earlier this week, the former One Direction member died after falling from the third floor of a hotel balcony in Argentina. According to Argentina’s National Prosecutor’s Office, the autopsy report details how Payne sheds light on the injuries he sustained before his demise.

How did Liam die?

“British musician Liam James Payne, composer and guitarist, former member of the band One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Palermo,” according to a statement from the Sistema de Atencio Medica de Emergencies following Payne’s death. Went.” ,” the statement read. “At noon, police personnel from Precinct 14B were responded to by a 911 call reporting an aggressive individual at the hotel who may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”

According to reports, the call was made just before Payne fell from the balcony, according to the prosecutor’s office. However, Payne was not named in the report. “He had jumped from the balcony of his room,” a statement from Buenos Aires’ security ministry told The Associated Press, adding that he suffered “extremely serious injuries” and was pronounced dead at the scene.

What did Payne’s autopsy report reveal?

According to details of the preliminary autopsy report – obtained by various media outlets – Payne died due to polytrauma and internal and external bleeding. The prosecutor’s office also called his death “suspicious/undetermined” – meaning there was no conclusive information about the cause of death.

A release from the prosecutor’s office said that following media reports following his death, “a variety of substances were seized from the musician’s room, which will prove a previous state of alcohol and drug abuse.”

Payne had a history of drug addiction before his death.

In addition to suffering multiple traumatic injuries due to the fall, he also suffered severe internal and external bleeding, a release from the prosecutor’s office said. Forensic experts also found a total of 25 injuries, which they said were consistent with injuries caused by a fall from height. Furthermore, his brain and skull injuries – also known as cranioencephalic injuries – were particularly severe enough to cause death.

He ultimately died due to internal and external bleeding in his skull, chest, abdomen and organs, the release said.

And since there were no defensive injuries on her body, forensics say they believe all the injuries on her body were significant and occurred at the same time – meaning there was no intervention by a third party. . Additionally, the position of Payne’s body showed that he “did not adopt a reflex posture to protect himself and he could have fallen into a state of semi- or complete unconsciousness”, the report said.

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