Overview

• Waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz, 25, and former hotel employee Ezequiel David Pereyra, 22, remain in custody on charges of supplying cocaine and could face up to 15 years if convicted.
• Investigators are reviewing more than 800 hours of CCTV plus Payne’s laptop and phones linked to the case, with no court date set for the defendants.
• One seized phone allegedly used to contact Payne was taken in November but was not searched until March, highlighting evidence-handling delays.
• Sources say at least four judges have reviewed the file, the most recent in September, before it was returned to the original judge for further examination.
• An autopsy found Payne died from multiple trauma after a fall, and toxicology detected alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant; earlier negligence charges against three others were dropped.