Liam Payne: Police question women who were with One Direction star prior to his death

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Two mystery women were with Liam Payne the night before he died and departed the hotel shortly before the tragedy, it has been alleged.

An Argentinian journalist has claimed police and prosecutors have located and spoken to the pair. Before it was confirmed by prosecutors that they had questioned five individuals, including the two women who were with Liam in the hours leading up to his death for a "reconstruction of his last hours", she said: "He was with two women in his room where there was access to drugs. "I'm not going to say they're surnames. "[Woman A] gave a statement last night and [Woman B] has just finished hers." READ MORE: Inside Liam Payne's hotel room as photos show white powder and smashed TV The woman are said to have left the hotel before Liam fell to his death and have been categorised as "key witnesses" in local media reports rather than suspects in his death, which prosecutors have said is "duduso". 'Dudoso' means "doubtful" but in the current context is believed to indicate it is an "unexplained" death, reports the Mirror.

Prosecutors said in their first official statement today they had questioned five witnesses, saying two were women and three were hotel workers, and confirmed Liam had 25 separate injuries.

In the lengthy statement, they also confirmed they had taken away "several substances" from Liam's room they believe would show he had consumed drugs before plunging to his death from a third-floor hotel balcony.