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Liam Payne’s missing £30,000 Rolex forces police to return to tragic star’s hotel room for search
Police investigating Liam Payne’s death have reportedly returned to his hotel room to search for his £30,000 Rolex.
The expensive gold watch is still missing following his tragic passing on October 16. The 31-year-old was seen wearing the designer timepiece in CCTV images on the day he died, but it was not on his body after he fell from a third floor balcony at the CasurSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires – leading to fears it may have been stolen.
Two uniformed officers are said to have gone back to the hotel this week to continue the search for it. It comes after raids on the homes of three male suspects, arrested in connection with Liam’s death, failed to find the Rolex.
MailOnline reported respected Argentinian newspaper La Nacion quoted officials as saying: “We know from images that have been analysed that Liam had the watch on the day of his death. He had it in one of his hands and he had it at least two to three hours before his fatal hotel fall.
“We looked for it in his hotel room and couldn’t find it. The watch was searched for in the homes of the three people being investigated on suspicion of abandoning Liam and the supply and facilitation of drugs, as well as in the homes of the two female escorts who were with him in his room the afternoon he died.
“Searching for the watch in the homes of the people Liam had contact with before his death was the initial priority, but now another inspection will take place to see if it remains somewhere in his room.”
Though the hotel remains open for guests to stay, Liam’s suite has been sealed off by court order and no one is allowed to enter while it remains a crime scene. The investigation into how he died is continuing.
According to the latest reports, the Strip That Down singer, who previously opened up about his addiction struggles, is thought to have spent his final days with locals under the influence of drugs.
In a bid to understand how he catastrophically fell, investigators have worked ‘meticulously’ to rule out suicide and ‘third party’ involvement, according to a lengthy statement released last week. Prosecutors reportedly believe Liam did not take his own life and have instead linked the tragedy to a substance-induced ‘psychotic episode’.
Three people have now charged three people in connection with Liam’s death. The first is a person who “accompanied the artist on a daily basis during his stay in the city of Buenos Aires”. They are charged with the “crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death”.
The second person is a hotel employee. They have been charged with “two proven supplies of cocaine to Liam Payne during the period he was at the hotel”. The third person, who is also a supplier of narcotics, is “charged with two other clearly proven supplies at two different times on 14 October.” If they are found guilty, they face up to 15 years in jail.
(MIRROR)