Inside Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy's 'fraught final days before tragic ultimatum'

One Direction prima Liam Payne, whose ceremonial is taking spot today, was recovered dormant astatine a edifice successful Argentina conscionable 48 hours aft woman Kate Cassidy flew backmost solo to the US

Liam Payne spent the past fewer weeks of his beingness enjoying a sun-soaked vacation with his beloved girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, earlier helium tragically fell to his death.

The mates of much than 2 years had been enjoying a travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina, wherever the erstwhile One Direction star, 31, and the 25-year-old influencer watched Liam's erstwhile bandmate, Niall Horan, execute astatine a performance successful the South American capital.

In smiling selfies, the brace appeared to beryllium enjoying their getaway. That was until Kate abruptly near and flew backmost to the US earlier catastrophe struck. On Wednesday, October 16, Liam was recovered dormant after plunging from a third-floor balcony astatine his edifice Casa Sur Palmero.

Despite reportedly being cleanable from drugs successful his last months, Liam appeared to person relapsed, with the initial toxicology report uncovering traces of "alcohol, cocaine and medicine antidepressants" successful his system. Today, Liam's family and friends volition wage their final respects astatine a backstage ceremonial work held astatine a religion successful the Home Counties.

In the days earlier his untimely passing, determination were nary signs of the acheronian that laic ahead. Sharing a representation of himself with Kate astatine the meal table, helium captioned it: "Lovely time successful Argentina [love bosom emoji]." He filmed the erstwhile waitress waving to the camera, earlier she revealed however they "sleep successful mundane until 12, we're specified losers." To which Liam replied: "No" earlier giggling.

But Liam was past near to bask Argentina unsocial erstwhile Kate decided to alert location backmost to Florida. She admitted she had grown bushed of their extended travel erstwhile she posted a TikTok earlier the incident.

She said: "I was truthful acceptable to leave. Love South America, but I hatred staying successful 1 spot for excessively agelong and we were expected to beryllium determination for 5 days, turned into 2 weeks and I was conscionable like, 'I request to spell home.'" Liam alternatively chose to instrumentality astir astatine the edifice and astir 48 hours later, helium was recovered dead.

It was aboriginal reported that Kate allegedly gave him an ultimatum earlier she near - halt taking drugs oregon suffer her. Speaking to the New York Post, the source, who is reportedly a friend, said: "His cause usage was causing a batch of drama. So she gave him an ultimatum: her oregon the drugs. She thought she was doing pugnacious love."

It was a comparatively caller narration for Liam, who began dating Kate successful 2022. They were archetypal pictured wearing Halloween costumes, with Kate dressed arsenic Pamela Anderson, portion Payne, sporting a achromatic vessel top, went arsenic her ex-husband Tommy Lee. Two months later, they made their authoritative debut astatine the British Fashion Awards successful London connected the reddish carpet.

Kate claimed to person 'manifested' her romance with the prima erstwhile she was conscionable 10 years old. In a clip shared to her TikTok successful November 2023, she began: "I americium the champion manifester, and I'm going to amusement you why."

She revealed she had drawn an representation of the popular vocalist onto a "popsicle stick", adding: "And someway 10 years later." She filmed herself opening the doorway to her puerility bedroom, wherever the real-life Liam was sat connected her bed.

Smiling for the camera together, she joked: "Be cautious what you privation for!" More recently, Kate gave an penetration into her vacation with Liam with her 250,000 followers connected Instagram. Posting a representation of the 2 equine riding, she wrote: "I americium precise grateful for the elemental things successful life."

In different snap, the mates were seen posing for a selfie, which she captioned: "Quality time." Following her boyfriend's death, Kate shared respective heartbreaking tributes.

In one, she revealed that Liam had intended to wed her, making his wishes wide successful a enactment helium wrote soon earlier his tragic death. Taking to Instagram, Kate opened up astir the romanticist connection Liam had told her not to read, that he'd penned during an evening spent manifesting the futures they'd hoped for. Sadly, these dreams were chopped devastatingly short.

Kate wrote: "A fewer weeks ago, we sat extracurricular connected a beauteous evening manifesting our lives together. I support your enactment close, adjacent though you told maine not to look astatine it. It said, 'Me and Kate to wed wrong a year/engaged & unneurotic everlastingly 444'. Liam, I cognize we'll beryllium unneurotic forever, but not successful the mode we had planned. You'll ever beryllium with me. I've gained a guardian angel."

She continued: "I volition emotion you for the remainder of my beingness and beyond, carrying our dreams and memories with maine everyplace I go. Forever yours, Katelyn 444." In numerology, 444 is an angel fig that represents a almighty connection of guidance, support, and emotion from angels watching implicit you.