Before Liam Payne died at age 31 on Oct. 16 after falling multiple stories at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a source in the prosecutor's office with knowledge of the situation tells PEOPLE the former One Direction member likely procured drugs from an employee at the establishment.

A guest staying at the same property as Liam Payne claimed they heard “a really loud, violent scream” coming from the One Direction alum’s room at CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before he plummeted from his third-floor balcony.

A guest staying at the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, claimed to have heard a “lot of noise” coming from Payne’s room shortly before his death.