A “friend” of Liam Payne and 2 hotel employees are being investigated in the case of the singer’s death

Liam Payne’s friend and two hotel staff are reportedly under investigation death of the singer

According to TMZOn Tuesday night, Argentine police conducted another round of raids on the homes of hotel workers and an unidentified friend of the former One Direction musician.

Authorities also searched employees’ hotel security cameras and reviewed security footage from the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires, where Payne died last month.

The newspaper reported that police believe the workers contacted the “Night Changes” singer before he fell to his death from his third-floor hotel balcony.

Investigators reportedly used text messages from Payne’s cell phone to identify a “friend” who may have also sold him drugs.

However, the “friend” was not at home during the raid.

Last month, the Argentine authorities searched the hotel to “obtain elements of interest for the investigation,” a police source told Argentine newspaper LA NACION.

A second source said the items of interest included “documents and video” from the lobby and courtyard so investigators could piece together Payne’s final moments before his death.

They also purchased hotel computers, telephones and other equipment.

Payne died on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room. He was 31 years old.

Buenos Aires police said the former boy band member’s fall resulted in “extremely serious injuries”.

Buenos Aires Medical Director Alberto Crescenti also revealed that the pop star suffered from a broken skull

After his death, authorities discovered that Payne’s hotel room was filled with drugs and alcohol.

Also on the table in his room was an empty package of Dove soap, a burning candle, a burnt soda can lid and a piece of aluminum foil.

Police believe a box of Dove was used to “secretly transfer” prohibited substances to Payne.

A toxicology report showed that he had several drugs in his systemincluding crack cocaine and “pink cocaine” a recreational drug that usually combines methamphetamine, ketamine, MDMA, and others.

During the investigation, authorities discovered security footage from the hotel showing Payne on the balcony when he fainted and fell to his death.

The X Factor alum’s body is reportedly being flown back to the UK and his funeral will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral in Wolverhampton, the city where he grew up.

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