Liam Payne fell to his death minutes after hotel staff made a 911 call for help, a moment-by-moment breakdown of his final hours shows.
The former One Direction singer died instantly on Wednesday (16.10.24) aged 31 after he plummeted to the ground from the third-floor balcony of the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires, and a timeline of events leading up to the tragedy has now been put together from police response records on the tragedy.
It shows Liam was pictured by another hotel guest lying on a sofa in the lobby on his laptop at 4.26pm.
At 4.28pm he was also photographed next to a lift in the same lobby.
By 5.01pm, hotel staff had dialled 911 at 5.01pm asking for police to be sent – with the head receptionist saying “urgent assistance” was needed to help with a guest who was behaving “erratically”.
He added on the call: “He is destroying the entire room. We need you to send someone please.”
By 5.04pm, officers had been assigned to the scene.
A minute later a patrol car arrived at the hotel, but Liam had already fallen from his balcony.
It is not clear exactly what time the singer fell, but at 5.07pm police reported a person had plunged from the third floor and urgently requested an ambulance.
Paramedics arrived at the hotel at 5.11pm and Liam was pronounced dead.
Witnesses have said Liam was seen arguing with an unidentified woman before his death.
Michael Fleischmann, who was at the hotel, was quoted by The Sun saying the singer appeared “very upset” as he argued about money in front of other guests.
Another guest said Liam displayed “disturbing” behaviour ahead of his death.
As part of their investigation, police have spoken to at least three hotel staff and two women who saw Liam the day he died.
Images of the inside of Liam’s hotel room have emerged showing a smashed TV, what appears to be white powder and medication.
Police have said the singer’s suite was in total “disarray”.
They have also said the circumstances surrounding Liam’s death were suspicious and possibly involved drugs – but have insisted there was no sign of third party involvement in his passing.
