World Exclusive: Shocking last picture of Liam Payne alive that raises a troubling question - could he have been saved? FRED KELLY'S bombshell investigation reveals what really happened

It is simply a representation that volition daze euphony fans astir the world: the precocious British popular prima Liam Payne being manhandled done a edifice lobby by 3 men, conscionable minutes earlier his fatal autumn from a third-floor balcony.

The tragic image, which has been fixed to the Daily Mail, was taken from CCTV footage recorded wrong the CasaSur Palermo Hotel successful Buenos Aires wherever Payne was staying astatine the clip of his decease connected October 16.

High connected drugs, Payne, whose look we person chosen to obscure, appears to person been picked up by the trio of edifice employees – helium had, according to 1 witness, been ‘convulsing’ connected the lobby floor. He was taken, via the elevator, backmost to his third-floor suite. 

The question is, wherefore did they determination him astatine all, if helium was truthful ill? Why did the edifice not telephone an ambulance consecutive away?

The timestamp connected the inactive representation shows 16:54:48. Bizarrely, however, a 2nd representation taken from CCTV extracurricular Liam's country shows the 3 employees and Payne astatine 16:54:37. In different words, seemingly eleven seconds earlier they were successful the lobby.

The travel from the lobby to the 3rd level takes astatine slightest 90 seconds, according to 1 guest. Clearly astatine slightest 1 of the timestamps is incorrect.

What we cognize for definite is that soon aft 17:00, Payne fell 13 metres from the balcony of his country into the hotel's interior courtyard. He died instantaneously.

At 17:11, an ambulance arrived and certified the singer's death. A consequent autopsy recovered Payne had suffered 'multiple traumas' causing 'internal and outer bleeding.' The toxicology study recovered traces of 'alcohol, cocaine and medicine antidepressant.'

Just days aft Payne's funeral, which took spot connected Wednesday astatine St Mary's Church successful Amersham, Buckinghamshire, the images possibly connection a somewhat clearer representation of what happened starring up to the tragic accident. They besides rise 2 superior questions.

To repeat, the archetypal is wherefore would edifice unit – who expressed interest successful their telephone to the exigency services that Payne could travel to superior harm connected his suite's balcony – instrumentality the intoxicated vocalist up to his country and permission him determination alone?

And second, for reasons I volition explain, did Liam autumn from the balcony portion attempting to permission the edifice undetected - a instrumentality helium had been pulling since his days successful One Direction and which helium had repeated conscionable a period antecedently to evade a acrophobic bodyguard successful Florida?

If the CCTV timestamp is accurate, the series of events begins astatine 15:53 connected October 16 erstwhile Liam enters the edifice with his friend, the Argentine-American businessman Roger Nores.

Liam is astatine this constituent wearing a achromatic headdress – which helium donned to debar being recognised by his legions of Latin American fans – and carrying a tiny container containing his idiosyncratic belongings.

The prima appears successful bully spirits and chats with fans successful the lobby earlier heading up to his country with Nores soon aft 16:00.

A fewer minutes later, astatine 16:05 if the timestamp is right, the brace instrumentality to the lobby. Liam has brought his laptop down with him and – crucially, wherever this timeline is acrophobic – near his headdress and container up successful his third-floor suite.

He continues to chat with a tiny radical of American fans, discussing his beingness successful Florida, wherever the vocalist was renting a $12,000 a period location with his girlfriend, the American influencer Kate Cassidy.

At 16:06, Nores says goodbye to Liam and leaves the hotel. At this time, Liam remains successful bully spirits and continues to interact with edifice guests. At 16:26, Liam is pictured lounging successful the lobby, scrolling connected his laptop.

Two minutes aboriginal astatine 16:28, Liam is photographed making 1 of what witnesses aboriginal described arsenic 3 oregon 4 trips up to his country successful a astir 30-minute period. Each clip helium returns to the lobby, his behaviour appears progressively erratic.

At 1 point, a witnesser recalled Payne receiving an email to which helium exclaims: 'F*** this s*** mate,' earlier striking his machine connected the floor.

In a abstracted outburst, helium tells different edifice guest: 'I utilized to beryllium successful a boyband – that's wherefore I'm truthful f***** up.'

It present appears that connected the occasions Payne is said to person gone up to his room, helium is apt to person been ingesting narcotics. The adjacent known representation of him is this desperately bittersweet 1 of him being hauled distant by the edifice unit astatine 16:54:48.

Two of the men pictured carrying Payne distant are dressed successful the azygous of CasaSur reception staff. The Mail understands that 1 of the 2 is main receptionist Esteban Grassi. The 3rd antheral – wearing trainers, shorts and a T-shirt – works arsenic a masseur successful the edifice spa.

A fewer minutes aft taking the vocalist backmost to his room, the edifice enactment successful a telephone to the exigency services.

'I'm calling you from the edifice CasaSur Palermo,' says main receptionist Esteban Grassi. 'So, we person a impermanent who is precocious connected drugs and who is trashing the room. Erm, truthful we request idiosyncratic to come.'

The enactment past cuts out, but Grassi calls 911 again and continues: 'We request you to nonstop idiosyncratic urgently because, well, I don't cognize whether his beingness whitethorn beryllium successful danger, the guest's life. He is successful a country with a balcony and well, we're acrophobic helium mightiness bash something.'

The transcript from the 911 telephone shows that the relation asked reception unit whether they could summation entree to Payne's room. The unit replied that they could not.

But wherefore connected earth, if Esteban Grassi was so acrophobic that Payne's beingness was successful information due to the fact that his country had a balcony, did the edifice let the vocalist to beryllium taken up to that country and seemingly near there? And wherefore would they telephone 911 conscionable a mates of minutes aft doing so? At the clip of writing, the edifice has not responded to a petition for comment.

It would surely person been much due to clasp the 'convulsing' Payne successful the lobby and telephone an ambulance immediately. Did edifice unit prioritise keeping the lobby wide for different guests implicit Payne's information and well-being?

The Mail understands that nary members of the CasaSur edifice unit – including the 3 men who carried Payne distant – are being investigated by Argentine authorities.

Three individuals person been labelled arsenic 'people of interest' successful Payne's death. They see 24-year-old Brian Nahuel Paiz and 21-year-old Ezequiel David Pereyra, some connected suspicion of dealing Payne drugs.

The 3rd antheral is Roger Nores, who – contempt having near the edifice agelong earlier Payne's erratic behaviour began – has been accused of 'abandonment of a idiosyncratic earlier death'.

Nores powerfully denies the allegation and told the Mail 2 weeks ago: 'I ne'er abandoned Liam, I went to his edifice 3 times that time and near 40 minutes earlier this happened. There were implicit 15 radical astatine the edifice lobby chatting and joking with him erstwhile I left.'

The prolific entrepreneur – who successful 2017 featured successful the Forbes '30 nether 30' database of influential young radical for his relation successful the vigor manufacture – continued: 'I could person ne'er imagined thing similar this would happen. I'm truly heart-broken with this tragedy, and I've been missing my person each day.'

But portion the behaviour of edifice unit leaves much questions than answers, this caller representation published by the Mail contiguous leads backmost to that 2nd question – and a caller anticipation arsenic to what really happened erstwhile the vocalist died.

Quite clearly, the representation shows that arsenic the pop-star is taken backmost to his room, helium is neither wearing his achromatic headdress oregon clutching his bag.

And yet, erstwhile Payne's assemblage was recovered by the exigency services astatine 17:11, helium was recovered to beryllium wearing the achromatic headdress and to person connected his idiosyncratic the tiny container helium utilized erstwhile retired and about.

In different words, it appears that betwixt being returned to his edifice country and being recovered dead, Liam Payne got dressed to spell out.

Could it beryllium that Liam Payne slipped portion attempting to permission the CasaSur edifice via his balcony, successful a bid to debar detection by edifice staff?

The Mail understands that edifice unit remained extracurricular his country – according to a connection successful the prosecutor's record – seemingly to guarantee helium did not instrumentality to the lobby and disturb different guests.

Police recovered a big of cause paraphernalia successful Payne's room, including burnt pieces of tin foil and traces of achromatic powder. It is surely plausible Payne whitethorn person panicked successful his paranoid authorities and made an ill-fated effort to purposefully ascent retired of his country from his balcony.

In a further revelation, a root adjacent to Payne has confirmed to the Mail that the popular prima often climbed retired of edifice balconies successful bid to debar detection. In fact, it was a instrumentality helium and his bandmates learnt successful the aboriginal days of their fame to evade their absorption squad portion connected circuit with One Direction. And, shockingly, the Mail tin uncover it is besides a instrumentality Payne utilized conscionable 1 period anterior to his decease successful Florida.

My root revealed that connected September 15, portion staying astatine his rental spot successful Palm Beach, Payne wanted to spell retired and acquisition drugs. His bodyguard, alert of the singer's occupation with narcotics and attempts to enactment clean, had closed the doorway to his country and urged the vocalist not to spell retired looking for a 'hit'.

Undeterred, my root says the vocalist escaped via his balcony, stringing a acceptable of sheets unneurotic to enactment arsenic a rope.

Further impervious of Liam's high-risk stunts emerged soon aft his decease erstwhile a representation resurfaced from 2014 showing the past 20-year-old vocalist lasting connected a constrictive exterior ledge of the 34th level of his London flat gathering – immoderate 350 ft successful the air.

The photograph was taken pursuing a nighttime of raucous celebrations marking One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik's 21st birthday.

Later that day, the vocalist issued an apology to his impressionable young fans, saying: 'You whitethorn person seen a photograph of maine today, taken connected apical of a building. I regret being determination and having a photograph taken of me.'

'I bash not endorse immoderate fans trying to repetition this arsenic it is highly dangerous,' Payne's apology continued. 'It was a anserine and irresponsible happening to do. I americium sorry.'

Fans person since taken to societal media to constituent retired the tragic foreshadowing betwixt the 2014 representation and Liam's decease 5 weeks ago.

The information is that nary 1 volition ever cognize for definite what Liam Payne's intentions were connected that fateful day of October 16. However, the merchandise of this latest representation from the CasaSur edifice lobby helps capable a spread successful the series of events that led to his fatal fall.

One happening is for sure, the representation of Payne arsenic helium is taken retired of the lobby, astatine a clip erstwhile helium appears to person needed attraction and contiguous aesculapian attention, raises caller and profound questions astir wherever work lies successful the tragic communicative of the profoundly troubled star.