Six signs Liam Payne was spiralling in final days - record label blow, dazed hook-up and hotel doom

One Direction vocalist Liam Payne was deed with hard blows successful the days earlier his tragic death.

The erstwhile X Factor vocalist devastatingly died aged 31 connected Wednesday aft plunging from the 3rd level of a edifice successful Argentina. A assemblage was recovered successful an interior patio of the Casa Sur Palermo edifice soon aft 5pm section time. It's believed Liam fell from astir 14 metres and suffered "very superior injuries incompatible with life".

The circumstances starring to his decease are inactive being investigated. Liam is survived by his loved ones and seven-year-old lad Bear, whom helium welcomed with Cheryl backmost successful 2017. The prima suffered respective setbacks successful caller weeks, with his ain publicist having resigned earlier successful the month, leaving him without immoderate guidance successful a turbulent time.

The resignation coincided with actions taken by his ex-fiancé Maya Henry, who precocious began ineligible proceedings against the vocalist aft she accused him of repeatedly contacting her. A root claimed Liam's eight-year-long euphony vocation whitethorn person felt similar it was "crumbling" astatine the end, and it "must person perfectly devastated him". Here, the Mirror takes a look back...

Record statement blow

Liam suffered a heartbreaking setback to his euphony vocation conscionable days earlier his death, erstwhile the solo vocalist was reportedly dropped by his grounds label, Universal Music. According to the Daily Mail, Liam was axed by the grounds statement successful the days preceding his death, with a root telling the publication: "Liam's beforehand was monolithic and helium didn't recoup [it]. Out of each of the One Direction boys, Liam was connected the incorrect way musically."

He had been moving connected his 2nd album, nevertheless it is believed that the merchandise was enactment connected clasp anterior to Universal dropping him. Following his death, The Universal Music Group shared a tribute connected societal media, which read: "We are devastated by the tragic passing of Liam Payne. His bequest volition unrecorded connected done his euphony and the countless fans helium inspired and who adored him. We nonstop our deepest condolences to Liam's household and loved ones."

Mystery edifice women

Two enigma women were with Liam the nighttime earlier helium died and didn't permission the edifice wherever helium mislaid his beingness until the time of the tragedy, it has been claimed. An Argentinian writer has claimed the brace person been located and questioned by constabulary and prosecutors and partially named them connected a nationalist TV programme.

Before prosecutors confirmed they had questioned 5 people, including 2 women who had been with Liam successful the hours earlier his decease for a "reconstruction of his past hours", she added: "He was with 2 women successful his country wherever determination was entree to drugs. I'm not going to accidental their surnames.

"[Woman A] gave a connection past nighttime and [Woman B] has conscionable finished hers." The Mirror has chosen not to sanction the women astatine present. The women are said to person near the edifice earlier Liam plunged to his decease and person been categorised arsenic "key witnesses" successful section media reports, alternatively than suspects successful his death.

Girlfriend leaving

Liam had been successful Argentina with his girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, earlier she near the state to alert home. He shared photographs connected Snapchat of their interruption and told fans: "This is the meal table, conscionable enjoying meal and java adjacent though it's 1pm."

He past revealed they'd been staying astatine a friend's home, portion Kate could beryllium heard joking successful the inheritance that they were 'losers' for laying in. Liam said: "Today, we ride. I deliberation I'm going to beryllium playing polo again, which is going to enactment maine retired of enactment for astir six weeks."

On October 12, Kate flew backmost location to Florida, telling her TikTok followers: "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'."

Haunting videos with fans

Fans of Liam person shared haunting videos of his last days and hours and helium greeted them during his Argentina trip. One TikTok video shows the prima gathering well-wishers extracurricular his hotel, and helium appears unsteady connected his feet arsenic helium tells 1 fan, "That was a truly large squeeze". In another, helium poses for a photograph earlier helium furrows his brow and looks down.

A abstracted clip shows Liam signing an autograph for a pistillate and asking the assemblage for a 'pen' due to the fact that helium doesn't person one. When they reply 'lapicera' successful Spanish, helium jokes: "I consciousness similar you're trying to marque maine accidental thing rude." But distant from the laughter, determination are concerns Liam wasn't successful a bully headspace and was spiralling retired of control.

Final struggles

A woman, lone known arsenic Rebecca, who had a half-hour chat with Liam successful the edifice lobby described him arsenic "desperate" to beryllium recognised. She claimed helium announced himself, unprompted, shouting "I'm Liam", to a queue of guests waiting for the lift, who weren't "bothered" astir who helium was. She said that Liam returned to the lobby with his laptop.

Surmising that he'd spotted an email that "upset" him, Rebecca said: "Suddenly helium took the computer, shouted 'f**k this s**t mate!' and started bashing the machine connected the ground." The singer's "out of place" behaviour "shocked" onlookers successful the "high-end" hotel, but concerned, Rebecca said she asked him if helium was OK.

She explained: "But helium conscionable benignant of grunted. Then helium said 'I utilized to beryllium successful a boyband. That's wherefore I'm truthful f**ked up'." Shocked astatine his admission, she saw him get backmost successful the lift, earlier a "British guy" apologised to the radical connected "his behalf", saying Liam "gets truthful high" sometimes. She added that helium fell implicit erstwhile helium returned to the lobby, with unit helping him successful to the lift.

Witnesses adjacent to the edifice person claimed that Liam had endured a "psychotic episode" successful the moments starring up to his death. An bureau idiosyncratic who was adjacent to the Casa Sur edifice claimed that the on-site masseuse claimed Liam was acting erratically.

Josefina, a One Direction instrumentality told América TV: "I was moving successful an bureau adjacent to the edifice erstwhile we started proceeding tons of sirens and tons of noise. A workfellow went down to spot what was happening and was capable to talk to the edifice masseuse who said determination was a antheral being assertive who was breaking things and was having what appeared to beryllium a psychotic occurrence and looked similar helium was retired of it connected drugs."

Hotel doom

A hunt of Liam's edifice country uncovered "what appeared to beryllium narcotics, alcohol, destroyed objects and furniture", according to detectives. Photos purporting to amusement wrong the country wherever Liam spent his last hours person been confirmed by quality outlets including La Nacion and Clarin.

The pictures amusement traces of a achromatic powder, burnt aluminium foil, bare champagne glasses and a smashed TV. If tests amusement that items recovered wrong Liam's country are narcotics, past constabulary mean to analyse who supplied them to him.

Before the catastrophe struck, unit astatine Hotel Casa Sur had desperately reached retired to exigency services twice. The reception caput underscored the urgency during 1 specified plea: "We person a impermanent who's disconnected his caput connected drugs and is destroying everything successful his room. We request idiosyncratic to come."

After the telephone chopped off, an worker who aboriginal pinpointed Esteban rang again with a plea: "I don't cognize if the guest's beingness is successful danger." Continuing successful worry, helium said: "The country has a balcony and we are acrophobic helium mightiness bash something. Just nonstop an ambulance, lone an ambulance."

Residents staying successful the edifice person described proceeding "loud" and "violent" noises coming from Liam's country successful the hr earlier his death. Speaking to the BBC soon aft the shocking incident, chap edifice impermanent Doug Jones said: "I thought they were moving connected the room. There was a batch of noise, similar dense lifting, similar banging, a batch of loud, convulsive noises, I thought."

Doug past saw edifice unit going into the suite wherever Liam Payne is believed to person been staying. He added: "I saw edifice radical going successful and retired of that room, truthful I thought they were doing enactment connected the room." However the large noises returned, "So astir 4pm, 4.30pm, I started proceeding immoderate much noise, I was inactive doing work," helium said. "I heard a truly loud, convulsive shriek astir 4.45pm, 5pm."

The constabulary arrived conscionable earlier 5pm, but reported proceeding a large bang from the courtyard arsenic they arrived. A abbreviated portion later, the tourer saw the "road afloat of cops," arsenic the afloat calamity connected Wednesday evening began to unfold.

Authorities person since confirmed the chilling details of Liam's shocking death, revealing that he "jumped from the balcony" of his edifice country successful Argentina, plunging to his death, reports indicate. In an authoritative connection fixed to The Associated Press, constabulary disclosed that the vocalist "had jumped from the balcony of his room," seemingly dispelling immoderate notions of an accidental autumn oregon foul play.

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