How the Musician Spent His Closing Weeks in Argentina

The One Route star was discovered lifeless at 31 years outdated after struggling a deadly fall from a resort balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, native officers advised The Related Press.

Payne fell from the third flooring of the Casa Sur Lodge within the Palermo neighborhood of Argentina’s capital, leading to “extraordinarily critical accidents.” Medics confirmed his loss of life on the spot, with native officers later saying the singer died from “inner and exterior hemorrhage.”

He had been vacationing there together with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy.

In movies circulating social media that Payne shared to his Snapchat he gave followers an perception into his journey with Cassidy. The movies initially precipitated confusion as they have been uploaded within the days and hours main as much as his loss of life and it’s unclear when or why the movies have been uploaded to his account with such a delay.

“So it’ll be a pleasant day,” he advised the digicam as he sat at a desk, earlier than Cassidy cuts in to say the pair have been “waking up at 1pm on a regular basis” earlier than referring to themselves as “losers.”

The 25-year-old once more interjects in a jokingly singsong voice, “then you definately’re going house ha ha loser, weirdo,” earlier than noting she’s heading house to Florida to see her canine Nala, prompting Liam to share a message of assist concerning the extreme climate the world had suffered from the hurricanes.

“I hope all people was okay in Milton, as properly,” he mentioned. “Fairly a scary factor to look at from far-off. Hope all people was okay, and all of the little canines made it out as properly. Some fairly unhappy tales about canines.”

He then added, “Clearly we’re gonna go house and see our canine, Nala.”

In a TikTok video Cassidy shared two days earlier than Payne’s loss of life about her returning to Florida, she revealed that she was “prepared to go away.”

“Truthfully, love South America however I hate staying in a single place for too lengthy. And we have been presupposed to be there for, like, 5 days, become two weeks.”

Including, “I used to be similar to, ‘I have to go house.'” In a TikTok video, she confirmed her airline ticket dated October 12. She arrived in Miami the next morning.

The late One Route singer was first romantically linked to Cassidy in October 2022, after they have been noticed at a Halloween celebration collectively dressed as ’90s couple Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson, respectively. They made their crimson carpet debut collectively on the British Style Awards in December of that 12 months.

Payne attended his former One Route bandmate, Niall Horan’s live performance earlier than his loss of life.

A fan of the singer named Noelia Veron advised PEOPLE that main as much as Payne’s loss of life, she had a couple of interactions with him whereas he was in Buenos Aires.

“I bumped into him by probability. I had discovered on Twitter that he was right here for Niall’s present,” she advised the publication. “We took pictures collectively. I waited for him to method us, and he took photos with all of the followers. He talked to us, hugged us and even made jokes.”

Payne attended Horan’s Oct. 2 present on the Movistar Area, which Veron additionally attended. “When Niall began singing one of many One Route songs, everybody was Liam,” she recalled. “He appeared to be having fun with himself.”

Followers have been importing movies on-line of their encounters with Payne in Argentina days earlier than his loss of life. He was seen taking pictures and spending time together with his followers. Veron revealed that there was “nothing unusual or uncommon about his habits” and he “was at all times open to it, full of affection.”

In keeping with The Day by day Mail, Payne was dropped by his music label, Capitol Information — a label owned by Common — simply days earlier than his loss of life. He signed with Capitol when he launched his solo profession at 22-years-old.

(Set off Warning: the next part particulars reported eyewitness accounts of erratic habits main as much as and together with the second of Payne’s loss of life)

Visitors from the CasaSur Palermo Lodge in Buenos Aires, Argentina, are recalling their experiences on the resort main as much as the One Route star’s loss of life on October 16.

One visitor — Bret Watson — described witnessing Payne within the hours earlier than his deadly fall. The Chicago man advised ITV that he had “a number of encounters” with the star whereas staying on the resort.

“So we’re right here with a few different friends within the resort and we have been within the foyer simply ready for some folks to reach and that is once we had a number of encounters with Liam,” the 34-year-old from Chicago advised the information outlet.

“A number of occasions [Liam] had come right down to the foyer, was inflicting a disturbance, saved being escorted again as much as his room,” he added.

“There was an incident the place he was very pissed off and was smashing his laptop computer within the foyer. After which the ultimate time he got here again down, he truly handed out within the foyer of the resort, began, appeared like [he was] convulsing just a little bit and needed to be bodily taken again as much as his room. And that was about 5 minutes earlier than the eventual incident that occurred.”

Watson additionally described seeing Payne earlier within the day on his laptop computer, earlier than describing seeing Payne fall to his loss of life.

“I used to be in my resort room, two flooring under and instantly under and noticed the physique fall by means of, searching the window, noticed the physique fall and clearly heard the aftermath and will see his physique on the bottom afterwards.”

Watson known as the incident “surreal” and an “out-of-body expertise.” He did not realize it was Payne at first, nevertheless mentioned he “had a suspicion” right away, “simply primarily based on the mind-set and the situation he was in earlier…that was my first thought.”

One other visitor heard a commotion coming from Payne’s room.

“I believed it was development. I believed they have been engaged on the room,” the resort visitor advised PEOPLE. They advised the publication it gave the impression of “heavy lifting” or “banging,” earlier than including that they are saying resort employees “going out and in” of the room when “extra noise” was made round 4:30 p.m. native time.

In keeping with the police assertion given to The Related Press, police rushed to the resort in response to an emergency name simply after 5 p.m. native time warning of an “aggressive man who may very well be underneath the affect of medicine or alcohol.”

After the noise began again up, the visitor advised PEOPLE that they “heard a extremely loud, violent scream” after which “sirens,” earlier than they “got here down the elevator” and noticed the “complete road was stuffed with cop vehicles.”

CNN reported the supervisor of CasaSur Lodge in Palermo, Buenos Aire made an emergency name round 5 p.m. Wednesday to get assist.

Within the moments main as much as Payne’s loss of life, the resort staffer claimed to authorities that the resort had “a visitor who’s intoxicated with medication and alcohol.”

In keeping with a 911 transcript, obtained by a number of media retailers, a visitor was “breaking every part within the room” when he was “acutely aware.” He then requested for “somebody to be despatched urgently” as he was uncertain “if the visitor’s life is in danger.”

“He is in a room that has a balcony. We’re just a little afraid that he’ll do one thing that places him–” the staffer mentioned earlier than the operator interrupted him to learn how lengthy the visitor had been staying there.

The cellphone name then revealed that the visitor had been staying of their room for two or 3 days.

TMZ shared pictures from inside Payne’s resort room which present a smashed tv and different proof of destruction.

Police rushed to the resort in response to an emergency name simply after 5 p.m. native time, nevertheless Payne had already fallen to his loss of life.

The police assertion to The Related Press mentioned Payne “had jumped from the balcony of his room.”

An in depth buddy of Payne revealed to Sky Information that she spoke to the singer simply hours earlier than his loss of life.

Jodie Richards — who taught Payne at her performing arts firm Pink Productions in Wolverhampton — thought the information about Payne’s loss of life was faux after having simply exchanged texts with him.

She shared screenshots of the dialog between the pair with the outlet, exhibiting Payne had reached out to his buddy asking if she was “up.” He additionally allegedly shared a photograph of himself sitting on his mattress in his resort room in Argentina with query marks. She replied: “Sorry simply house x.” He allegedly wrote again, “Okay.” Richards advised the publication that she is “actually near Liam.”

“We have been buddies for years and he was away yesterday in Argentina and I believe he simply wished to the touch base and examine I used to be okay, see how everybody was again at house.”

Payne grew to turn into a worldwide sensation as a member of the boy band One Route. The juggernaut group — Payne, Harry Types, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik — have been put collectively on the 2010 version of The X Issue within the UK, happening to a third-place end earlier than getting signed by Simon Cowell and catapulting to superstardom.

Payne’s journey had many highs and lows — with the late star having spoken out a number of occasions over time about his expertise with the beloved boy band earlier than his tragic loss of life.

Outdoors of being a famed musician, Payne was a proud father. He welcomed a son, Bear, in March 2017 with singer Cheryl Cole.

And whereas the pair went their separate methods only a 12 months later in 2018, Payne remained an lively a part of Bear’s life, typically talking about his son in interviews and sharing what it was like being a younger dad.