Hotel guest heard 'loud, violent scream' from Liam Payne's room before singer's death: report

A impermanent staying astatine the CasaSur Palermo Hotel heard a "really loud, convulsive scream" coming from Liam Payne's country earlier the One Direction singer's death, according to a caller report.

Payne died astatine the property of 31 connected Wednesday, aft helium fell 3 stories from the balcony of his country astatine the edifice successful Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

In an interrogation with People magazine, different impermanent staying astatine the aforesaid edifice recalled proceeding "a batch of noise" described arsenic sounding similar "heavy lifting" oregon "banging" successful Payne's country anterior to the accident.

"I thought it was construction. I thought they were moving connected the room," the edifice patron said.

A edifice impermanent staying astatine the CasaSur Palermo Hotel reportedly heard a "loud, convulsive scream" coming from Liam Payne's country earlier the singer's death. (Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

The impermanent recalled seeing edifice unit members "going successful and out" of Payne's country and past heard "more noise" astatine astir 4:30pm. 

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Minutes aft the commotion successful the country resumed, the impermanent recalled "I heard a truly loud, convulsive scream."  

The patron past "heard sirens" but wasn't acrophobic until they "came down the elevator." The impermanent told the outlet that they past saw the "whole thoroughfare was afloat of bull cars."

Authorities confirmed Payne died aft 5 p.m. astatine the hotel. An worker called the exigency enactment to inquire for assistance for a impermanent who was "under the power of drugs and intoxicant who had destroyed immoderate objects successful the room."

"We request you to nonstop idiosyncratic urgently because, well, I don't cognize if the guest's beingness is astatine risk," the worker said successful a 911 telephone via Reuters. "He has a country with a balcony. And, well, we are a small acrophobic that helium volition bash thing that volition enactment his beingness astatine risk."

Payne died Wednesday arsenic a "result of the autumn helium suffered from the balcony of the 3rd level room" of the edifice successful Buenos Aires. (Getty Images)

Upon arrival, officials discovered that "Payne had already fallen from the balcony of his country and died astatine the country arsenic a effect of the severity of his injuries."

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A preliminary autopsy revealed that Payne died from "polytrauma" and "an interior and outer hemorrhage," according to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office No. 16, temporarily headed by Marcelo Roma.

"I heard a truly loud, convulsive scream."

According to the report, circumstances surrounding his decease are inactive being investigated arsenic a "dubious" death, though it appeared arsenic though Payne had been unsocial erstwhile the autumn occurred and that the U.K. autochthonal was "going done immoderate benignant of outbreak resulting from substance abuse."

The Buenos Aires constabulary said they recovered Payne’s edifice country "in implicit disarray" with "various items broken." Packs of clonazepam (commonly sold nether the marque sanction Klonopin and works arsenic a cardinal tense strategy depressant), vigor supplements and different over-the-counter drugs were recovered strewn among his belongings, according to The Associated Press. 

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Forensics teams besides reported that a whiskey bottle, lighter and cellphone were retrieved from the interior courtyard wherever Payne’s assemblage was found.

A preliminary autopsy revealed that Payne died from "polytrauma" and "an interior and outer hemorrhage." (Associated Press)

His assemblage was past transferred to the Judicial Morgue, wherever an autopsy was performed betwixt 9:45 and 11:05 p.m. Medical examiners requested histopathological, biochemical and toxicological testing, which is pending.

The coroners reported uncovering 25 injuries "compatible with those caused by falling from a height," according to the autopsy. They besides noted that "craniocerebral lesions were capable adequate to origin death, portion interior and outer hemorrhages successful the skull, thorax, abdomen and limbs, they contributed to the mechanics of death."

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Upon probe of Payne's hands, nary antiaircraft injuries were confirmed. In addition, owed to the presumption successful which the assemblage was near and the injuries from the fall, the study stated that "it is presumed that Payne did not follow a reflex stance to support himself and that helium whitethorn person rushed into a authorities of semi- oregon implicit unconsciousness."

Payne is pictured with his One Direction bandmates Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan successful 2010. (Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)

In 2008, Payne was discovered by Simon Cowell portion auditioning for "The X Factor" erstwhile helium was 14. Despite being cut, helium returned to the amusement 2 years aboriginal and joined Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson to signifier a supergroup that aboriginal placed 3rd successful the competition.

One Direction signed with Cowell aft "The X Factor" and became 1 of the best-selling lad bands of each time.

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The radical recovered planetary fame for its hits, including "What Makes You Beautiful," "Story of My Life" and "Best Song Ever." They released 5 chart-topping albums successful 5 years aft competing connected "The X Factor" and embarked connected 4 satellite tours.

Payne was begetter to son, Bear, 7, whom helium shared with ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole.

Since Payne's death, his household members, chap One Direction bandmates, Cole, and galore different celebrities person shared tributes to the precocious singer.

Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.