The body of Liam Paynethe former member of the band One Direction who died on Wednesday after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, remains in the morgue this Thursday while awaiting the final results of the police investigations into the circumstances of his death.
Dozens of Payne’s fans gathered as soon as the news of his death was announced outside the Casa Sur hotel in Palermo and some remained there until late into the night. On Thursday morning, flowers and signs reading “rest in peace” either “you always accompanied me”.
“I’m more shocked than anything. It seems very strange and strong to me that it happened here,” Catalina Gelos, 22, a One Direction fan since she was 14, told the AFP agency.
“I feel that it is a part of adolescence that is lost, that goes with them”Lena Duek, 21, said Wednesday night.
In front of the hotel, the young woman sang the song “What Makes You Beautiful”, by One Direction, remembering the band that accompanied her during her adolescence and about which she had hopes that they would get together again.
Payne, 31, died on Wednesday shortly after 5 p.m. after falling from the balcony of his room on the third floor of the hotel.
Witnesses, especially hotel workers, were expected to come to court throughout the day.
Some “directorers”, as their fans are known, They called on social networks to gather on Thursday afternoon around the symbolic Obelisk to say goodbye to Payne.
The 911 call asking for assistance for Liam Payne
On Wednesday, the audio of the hotel manager who called the 911 emergency number was released.
“We have a guest who is high on drugs and is breaking up the entire room so we need him to come (…). He has a balcony and we are afraid that he will do something that puts his life at risk.“said the employee.
The Ministry of Security of Buenos Aires issued another statement in which it reported that its officers confirmed “the death of a man who had jumped from the balcony of his room.”
The United Kingdom Foreign Office confirmed that it is in contact with the Argentine authorities in relation to “the death of a British man.” However, a spokesperson declined to comment on the case.
Payne had “very serious injuries incompatible with life as a result of his fall (…). There was no possibility of resuscitation”The head of the Emergency Medical Care System (SAME), Alberto Crescenti, said on Wednesday.
The fall, the reasons for which are being investigated, occurred from a height “of around 13 or 14 meters,” he added. “Apparently he had a skull base fracture.”
Source: Ambito
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