Argentinian police raid Liam Payne's hotel where singer fell to his death, demand more security footage
Liam Payne's Argentina hotel room has been raided by police seeking “new intel” about staff working on the day of the One Direction singer's death.
As part of the raid, officials were looking for documents in Casa Sur's registration books, in addition to information stored on its computers, Us Weekly reported.
The 4-star Buenos Aires hotel “must provide” more security camera footage from Oct. 16 — the day Payne plunged to her death at age 31, insiders told the outlet.
He died instantly due to extensive internal and external injuries and had a toxic mixture of drugs in his system at the time of death.
The raid comes just a day after the singer's heartbroken father Geoff Payne said he was co-operating with officers investigating his son's death.
The singer's bodyguard, Paul Higgins, is helping police review security footage at the hotel alongside Penn's father. Higgins was also seen interrogating several hotel staff.
Geoff, 66, was warned he would have to wait up to 10 days to take his son's body home.
The elder Payne promises to stay with his son until he is returned to the UK.
The pop star's body is being held in a morgue while Argentina's Justice Ministry officials continue to investigate.
The father-of-three, who shares Liam and his sisters, Ruth Gibbins and Nicola Payne, with his wife Karen, visited the hotel where his son died last week and thanked fans for their heartfelt tributes.
Earlier this week, a preliminary autopsy report from Argentina's public prosecutor's office found that Payne died of “multiple injuries” and “internal and external bleeding.”
In addition to pink cocaine, also called tussy — a combination of methamphetamine, ketamine and ecstasy — drugs detected in his bloodstream through toxicology screening included benzodiazepines, crack and cocaine.
An aluminum pipe was also found nearby, ABC News reported.
Witnesses also said Payne had been working erratically in the hours before his death.
A frantic hotel manager called the police in Buenos Aires shortly before his death, warning them that someone under the influence of drugs and alcohol was trashing the room and potentially endangering his life.