Liam Payne's preliminary toxicology report confirms drugs in his system at time of death – E! Online

Argentine authorities have unveiled more details around the area Liam PayneIts untimely death.

Results from a preliminary toxicology screening show that one direction The alum had drugs in his system when he died Oct. 16 from a third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires, an official with direct knowledge said. New York Times.

A police spokesperson confirmed to the outlet that the toxicology report has been turned over to local prosecutors to investigate Payne's death. Final results from the toxicology report are pending.

In an Oct. 17 press release from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office, investigators said they found substances inside Penn's room that “at first glance—and pending confirmation from experts—are narcotics and alcoholic beverages.”

As part of their investigation, authorities said they took statements from three hotel workers and two women who were in his room with Penn hours before his death, but had already left the hotel after he died.

“Beyond reconstructing the circumstances of the musician's death,” prosecutors said in their press release, “the investigation also aims to determine the possible involvement of a third party in the events leading up to the victim's death.”