Liam Payne 'did not take his own life and could have been saved' says source close to family in bombshell new claim

A root adjacent to Liam Payne has said that helium did not perpetrate termination and could person been saved.

In the astir broad relationship of the One Direction star's last hours, The Mail connected Sunday has been told those closest to Liam judge if an ambulance had been called instantly erstwhile helium collapsed successful a Buenos Aires edifice lobby connected Wednesday – alternatively than immoderate clip aboriginal erstwhile helium was backmost unsocial successful his third-floor country – helium 'would person lived.'

The root said: 'Liam didn't person to die. Liam didn't privation to die. He had promised america each helium would ne'er perpetrate suicide. He was looking guardant to the future.

'If idiosyncratic had called an ambulance erstwhile helium collapsed successful the edifice lobby alternatively of taking him backmost to his country and leaving him successful determination alone, successful a psychotic state, helium would inactive beryllium with us.'

The root besides revealed:

• Liam had been 're-working' his favourite One Direction way 'Fireproof' connected his machine conscionable hours earlier his death. 
• He was successful Argentina to renew his US visa and had passed aesculapian and intelligence tests days earlier which proved helium was 'totally clean.' 
• He was successful 'good spirits' and had been readying to alert backmost location to woman Kate Cassidy successful Miami connected Friday. 
• His last repast was his favourite, chocolate-chip cookies.

The 31-year-old vocalist died instantly aft plunging 45ft from his third-floor edifice country balcony onto the patio beneath astatine 5.04pm connected Wednesday.

Police recovered drugs successful his country including 'cristal', a potent hallucinogenic that causes blackouts and psychotic episodes.

The root said: 'Where did Liam get the drugs erstwhile helium had nary money?'

Multiple constabulary sources person said investigators judge idiosyncratic successful the edifice supplied him with drugs. There person been unconfirmed reports that the edifice conducted an interior probe and fired astatine slightest 1 employee.

Last nighttime investigators told the MoS the probe into the star's decease 'is ongoing' but said charges against those who supplied the drugs 'were imminent.'

Liam arrived successful Argentina connected September 30 with his woman Kate and adjacent person Roger Nores. The root said: 'Liam's US visa was expiring and helium had to permission America to renew it truthful helium decided to spell to Buenos Aires to spot Niall Horan execute and get his caller visa.'

But erstwhile Liam went to the US embassy successful Buenos Aires the week earlier past helium recovered officials had Googled him and discovered helium had spent aggregate stints successful rehab for drugs and alcohol.

'They ordered him to bash aesculapian tests, spot a doctor, bash bloodwork and x-rays and spot a psychiatrist and that was each done the archetypal week. Liam thought the travel would lone past a fewer days but due to the fact that of each the tests helium ended up getting stuck there.'

After spending past play astatine a polo workplace extracurricular Buenos Aires, woman Kate flew backmost to Miami connected Monday to attraction for the couple's canine portion Liam checked into the CasaSur hotel.

'He had nary wealth and his recognition cards weren't working, truthful helium was spending each his clip successful the room.

'On Tuesday helium asked for a McDonald's. He was blessed and successful bully spirits.

'The trial results each came backmost wholly cleanable connected Tuesday and helium had an assignment astatine the embassy to get his passport stamped with the visa connected Thursday and past helium was going to permission Argentina immediately.'

The root said a household person visited him astir 10am that greeting to present his favourite 'American style' chocolate-chip cookies from a bakery 3 blocks from the hotel.

'He seemed a spot tipsy, similar helium had been drinking, but wasn't successful a atrocious state. He was happy.

'He was replicating Fireproof connected his computer. He loved recreating instrumentals and that was his favourite One Direction song. He was redoing the beat. He was successful a bully place, readying for the future, looking guardant to going location to Miami to his woman and his dog.'

Liam and his person had java earlier the person left.

The vocalist ordered whisky and champagne from the edifice barroom earlier returning to his room.

Around 11am constabulary accidental 2 prostitutes visited his country but near astatine 3pm aft a enactment due to the fact that helium could not wage them cash.

Witnesses saw Liam arguing successful the lobby with the women.

Around 3pm the edifice called Roger Nores, a person of Liam's, to study the vocalist was causing a disturbance successful the lobby.

Mr Nores came and apologised to onlookers, telling them 'he's a truly bully guy' and took him to his country earlier leaving to tally errands.

Hotel impermanent Brett Watson from Chicago told ITV that Liam came backmost down to the lobby respective times. At 1 constituent helium laic connected a sofa successful the lobby playing connected his computer. Mr Watson said: 'There was an incidental wherever helium was precise frustrated and was smashing his laptop successful the lobby.'

There person been reports that was successful absorption to receiving a enigma email, but sources accidental they person 'no idea' what connection whitethorn person caused Liam to explode. Mr Watson said: 'The last clip helium came backmost down helium really passed retired successful the lobby of the hotel, looked similar helium was convulsing a small spot and had to beryllium physically taken backmost to his room.'

The root said: 'If Liam was convulsing. wherefore didn't the edifice telephone an ambulance immediately?

'That is what nary 1 tin understand. He ne'er convulsed before.

'If helium was that sick wherefore did idiosyncratic instrumentality him backmost to his country and permission him determination alone, with an unfastened doorway to the balcony?'

A edifice worker aboriginal called 911 to study Liam was smashing up his edifice country and to accidental they were disquieted helium mightiness jump.

The root said: 'If they were disquieted helium mightiness jump, wherefore didn't idiosyncratic spell and beryllium with him? Why was helium near alone?

'Did they dainty him otherwise due to the fact that helium was a celebrity? If helium had been a regular idiosyncratic would they person called an ambulance? Maybe they were disquieted astir a scandal.

'If Liam was successful a psychotic authorities helium didn't cognize what helium was a doing. He could person been trying to permission his country and helium went to the balcony reasoning it was the country exit and accidentally fell.

'We are tormented by the information helium was near unsocial successful his country aft helium had convulsions and was intelligibly successful a psychotic state.

'There are truthful galore questions. Who supplied the drugs to him? Why did they instrumentality him backmost and permission him unsocial successful his room? That was anserine and reckless. Leaving a idiosyncratic having a psychotic breakdown unsocial successful a country with an unfastened balcony is similar giving idiosyncratic a loaded gun. He didn't cognize what helium was doing. He was retired of it.

'He whitethorn person been trying to permission the room.'

Liam's begetter Geoff arrived successful Buenos Aires connected Friday to place his son's body. He was accompanied by long-time One Direction bodyguard Paul Higgins.

Funeral arrangements volition beryllium made erstwhile Liam's assemblage has been repatriated to the UK, which whitethorn instrumentality days.

The root added: 'The communicative truthful acold has been wrong. People person been saying Liam relapsed connected drugs and wanted to termination himself due to the fact that his beingness was truthful bad.

'That wasn't the case. He was successful a bully place. He was blessed and making plans for the aboriginal with Kate who helium loved. Someone gave him drugs and those drugs caused a psychotic event.

'The calamity is if idiosyncratic had called an ambulance erstwhile helium collapsed successful the lobby and was convulsing, helium would inactive beryllium alive.'

Additional reporting: Heather Briley, Federico Fahsbender and Daniel Bates