Liam Payne death: Six unanswered questions around One Direction star tragedy as police continue probe

Liam Payne, a subordinate of 1 of the astir palmy and beloved lad bands successful surviving memory, One Direction, died aft falling 49ft from a balcony successful Argentina past week

Fans crossed the satellite proceed to conflict to travel to presumption with Liam Payne's death much than 1 week on.

Police successful Argentina proceed to analyse the tragedy, but authorities and fans alike are near with respective large questions, including wherefore the 31-year-old instrumentalist was near unsocial and without his bodyguard.

The One Direction prima fell 49ft from a balcony successful Buenos Aires, wherever helium had been connected vacation with his woman Kate Cassidy. Alberto Crescenti, caput of the authorities exigency aesculapian system, confirmed that the vocalist fell into an interior courtyard astatine the CasaSur Palermo Hotel. Speaking to Argentina's Todo Noticias TV transmission past week, Crescenti said: "A fewer minutes aboriginal [an] exigency squad arrived and confirmed the decease of this antheral who we aboriginal learned was from a philharmonic group. He had injuries incompatible with beingness arsenic a effect of his fall. There was nary mode to bash anything."

But the Mirror present lists aggregate questions inactive near unanswered arsenic the probe continues successful Argentina. These see however Liam fell and what helium was speechmaking earlier smashing his laptop.

1. Why was Liam Payne near unsocial successful Argentina?

The vocalist flew retired to Buenos Aires successful September with Ms Cassidy to be his erstwhile bandmate Niall Horan's performance successful the Argentinian capital, and to renew his US visa portion helium was there. Father-of-one Liam was videoed greeting fans astatine Niall's performance connected October 2 and was aboriginal seen dancing and singing on to the music.

He had planned to alert backmost to Kate's location authorities of Florida, but his visa application, which required him to permission the States and use from different country, was initially refused due to the fact that helium admitted to having abused alcohol and drugs. This meant Payne was forced to acquisition psychiatric and aesculapian tests. The setback extended their travel by much than a week.

But Kate said connected societal media she flew backmost to Miami connected October 12, portion Liam stayed behind. On October 14, Kate confirmed she had near Liam alone.

In a video blog Kate said: "I was truthful acceptable to leave. Honestly emotion South America but I hatred staying successful 1 spot for excessively long. And we were expected to beryllium determination for, like, 5 days, turned into 2 weeks. I was conscionable like, 'I request to spell home.'"

Liam died 4 days aft Kate flew backmost to Miami. A person told the New York Post she agonised implicit the decision. Of her thought process astatine the time, the person reportedly said: "She can't leave, oregon other who knows what volition happen? And if she leaves, what volition helium do?"

2. Why wasn't Liam's bodyguard with him?

It is not known wherefore Liam's bodyguard, Paul Higgins, didn't spell with the vocalist and Kate to Buenos Aires. A spokesperson for Liam's household since said Mr Higgins is "grieving and coming to presumption with everything" himself.

But Mr Higgins, a heavy built 6ft bodyguard, usually travelled everyplace with Liam, who was calved and raised successful Wolverhampton, West Midlands. Mr Higgins acted arsenic One Direction's circuit manager until 2014 and was known arsenic the boyband's "second dad".

Liam adjacent attended Mr Higgins's wedding truthful enigma shrouds wherefore helium bodygaurd wasn't with the vocalist successful Argentina. The bodyguard has been praised by fans for flying retired to Argentina with Liam's father, Geoff Payne, to supply enactment arsenic they bring Liam's assemblage home.

3. What was the email helium work earlier smashing his laptop?

Liam received an email conscionable minutes earlier helium died that caused him to alert into a rage and smash his laptop. This is according to 1 of the past women who saw Liam live successful Buenos Aires.

After opening the email, helium shouted "F*** this s**t mate!" and smashed his machine connected the ground, according to the young pistillate who was staying astatine the aforesaid edifice arsenic Liam and was 1 of the past radical to talk to him.

But it is unclear what the email acrophobic and what precisely it had said. The witnesser did, though, accidental Liam was visibly upset astatine speechmaking the email. He allegedly said: "I utilized to beryllium successful a lad set – that's wherefore I americium truthful f***ed up." A mobile and laptop from his edifice country person been seized by police.

4. How did Liam fall?

It was astatine archetypal wide believed Liam jumped disconnected his 3rd level balcony, with immoderate suggesting the vocalist was trying to scope the swimming excavation that laic below. It was understood helium was denied entree to it by edifice unit owed to his inebriated state.

But it has since been confirmed that helium fell backwards, perchance aft falling unconscious, sustaining aggregate injuries connected the backmost of his caput and dying instantly.

The toxicology study read: "Due to the presumption successful which the assemblage was recovered and the injuries from the fall, it is presumed that Payne did not follow a reflexive posture to support himself and whitethorn person fallen successful a authorities of semi oregon full unconsciousness."

The autopsy further revealed that the vocalist was apt unsocial erstwhile the autumn occurred and "he was going done immoderate benignant of breakdown arsenic a effect of substance abuse". It does, therefore, stay unclear however precisely Liam fell.

5. When volition the assemblage beryllium repatriated?

Liam's begetter Geoff, 66, flew retired to Argentina past Friday to organise the repatriation of his son's body, but we inactive bash not cognize erstwhile helium volition instrumentality to the UK to beryllium laid to rest.

The family's archetypal exertion to bring Liam location has been delayed by the Argentinian authoritative until further toxicology reports person been completed. An archetypal study has ruled helium was exposed to assorted drugs, but it was stressed the archetypal results bash not connection an close speechmaking of however overmuch was circulating successful his assemblage erstwhile helium died.

A last investigation is believed to instrumentality betwixt 10 to 15 days from the constituent of death, but it tin instrumentality longer. Investigators are besides trawling done mobile phone, machine and information camera data, which "require longer investigation time".

6. When is the funeral?

Liam's household has not yet fixed an denotation of erstwhile the ceremonial of the beloved vocalist volition instrumentality place, oregon however they privation members of the nationalist to wage their respects.

One Direction sold much than 70 cardinal records and truthful Liam's fans volition undoubtedly privation to wage their respects arsenic helium embarks connected his last journey.

But we person seen vigils each implicit the satellite since the tragedy, including an informal work adjacent the Peter Pan statue successful London's Hyde Park. People gathered determination to airy candles, sing songs, and retrieve their idol.