Liam Payne died while attempting to escape from hotel room

As reported by TMZ, sources said Payne had a problem with feeling cooped up in hotel rooms due to his days on tour with One Direction and had previously used balconies to escape. In surveillance video screenshots from the CasaSur Palermo Hotel, where Payne died, three employees saw him being carried to his room minutes before he fell off his balcony and died.

His bodyguard reportedly forced him into a room at a Florida rental property in September this year, fearing he was a danger to himself and others due to a suspected drug binge. Payne managed to escape from the balcony using a garden hose. Security camera footage from the Buenos Aires hotel showed that he struggled with the three workers who carried him to his room, making it clear he did not want to be trapped there.

According to the transcript of the call to police made by a hotel employee, the hotel was concerned that Payne might hurt himself on the balcony. ‘I don’t know if his life could be in danger. He’s in a room with a balcony, and, well, we’re a little afraid,’ read the transcript. When his body was recovered, he had a bag tied to him containing some of his belongings. In addition, a hat was found near his body, while security footage of him being taken to his room against his will showed he was not wearing one.

According to the police report, authorities believe he was trying to climb up to the second-floor balcony below his room because a leather bag was found there two days after his death. Inside the bag was a note that read, ‘to Liam,’ several unidentified pills and a bottle of whiskey.

Payne died at the age of 31 after falling to his death in the hotel. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The results of a partial autopsy showed he had pink cocaine, cocaine, crack cocaine and benzodiazepines in his system at the time of his death. Three people have been arrested in connection with his death, including a friend, a hotel housekeeper and the alleged drug supplier.

Liam Payne, former member of ‘Boy Band’ One Direction, dies.