Liam Payne death: Police in Argentina seize items in raid on Buenos Aires hotel where One Direction star died

A constabulary peculiar investigations portion went to the Casa Sur edifice connected Wednesday nighttime connected orders from the nationalist prosecutors' office.

Officers seized items including machine hard drives and footage from edifice cameras, a authorities authoritative told The Associated Press.

According to the post-mortem examination, Payne died from aggregate injuries arsenic good arsenic interior and outer bleeding caused by the fall. His assemblage was recovered successful the hotel's interior courtyard.

Initial investigations suggest that the instrumentalist was unsocial and experiencing a "breakdown" aft depletion of substances that person not yet been determined.

Following Payne's death, constabulary recovered substances successful his edifice room, arsenic good arsenic destroyed objects and furniture, according to the nationalist prosecutors' office.

The Casa Sur edifice has go a spot for Payne's fans to wage their respects. They person near flowers, candles and photos of the vocalist successful a makeshift shrine astir a histrion astatine the hotel's entrance.

The singer's father, Geoff Payne, is successful Buenos Aires arranging the repatriation of his son's body, which is expected to beryllium released astir Monday (October 28).

Payne's household - which includes his parent Karen Payne and his 2 sisters Ruth and Nicola - have expressed their devastation implicit the loss, arsenic person his erstwhile bandmates. Artists and celebrities from assorted countries proceed to stock their grief.

On Thursday, Payne’s devastated woman of 2 years, Kate Cassidy - who had been successful Argentina with the vocalist until 2 days earlier his decease - shared a caller connection after his daze death.

"My bosom is shattered successful ways I can't enactment into words,” she wrote.

"I privation you could spot the immense interaction you've had connected the world, adjacent arsenic it feels truthful acheronian close now.

"You brought truthful overmuch happiness and positivity to everyone - millions of fans, your family, friends, and particularly me.”

She revealed she and Payne had planned to get married.

“A fewer weeks ago, we sat extracurricular connected a beauteous evening manifesting our lives together,” she added.

"I support your enactment close, adjacent though you told maine not to look astatine it. It said 'me and Kate to wed wrong a year/engaged & unneurotic everlastingly 444'.

"Liam, I cognize we'll beryllium unneurotic forever, but not successful the mode we had planned. You'll ever beryllium with me. I've gained a guardian angel."

One Direction was among the astir palmy lad bands of caller times. It announced an indefinite hiatus successful 2016 and Payne - similar his erstwhile bandmates Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson - pursued a solo career.

The vocalist had posted connected his Snapchat relationship that helium travelled to Argentina to be Horan's performance successful Buenos Aires connected October 2.

He shared videos of himself dancing with his girlfriend, American influencer Cassidy, and singing on successful the stands. Cassidy had near Argentina aft the amusement but Payne stayed behind.