The women who last spent time with Liam Payne before his heartbreaking death have reportedly been left ‘devastated’.
Liam tragically fell from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday, October 16. In the hours leading up to his shock death, he spent time with Aldana Serrano, 31, and Lucila Goitea, 27, at the Casa Sur hotel. The pair arrived at the luxury hotel on Wednesday and headed to Liam’s suite, reports the Mirror.
They left five hours later at 4pm – just one hour before Liam died. During the star’s final moments, it has been claimed he was arguing with a mystery woman in the lobby of his hotel over money.
Reception staff called 911 before the star’s death, reportedly concerned over a man who was believed to be under the influence of drink and drugs and was acting aggressively.
Now, sources say Serrano and Goitea are “devastated”. A pal told the Sunday Mirror: “They have been cooperative from the moment they found out Liam died. They have told police they did nothing wrong and left well before he fell. The two girls have vowed to continue help investigators and have said they will speak to police at any time.”
Speaking to The Sun, they said: “Aldana and Lucila are absolutely devastated by what happened after they left the hotel. They co-operated with the police as soon as they were contacted and wanted to help with the investigation as much as possible.
“Police have the girls’ phone numbers and they will contact them as and when they need if they feel they need any more information.” Both women are from the downtown area of Buenos Aires . Police had questioned five people, two of which were the women who Liam was seen with for a “reconstruction of his last hours”.
Speaking on an Argentinian television programme, a local reporter said: “He was with two women in his room where there was access to drugs. I’m not going to say they’re surnames. “[Woman A] gave a statement last night and [Woman B] has just finished hers.” Prosecutors said in their first official statement they had questioned five witnesses, saying two were women and three were hotel workers, and confirmed Liam had 25 separate injuries.
In the statement, it was also confirmed they’d taken away “several substances” from the former One Direction star’s room, that they believed would show he’d consumed drugs before plummeting 45ft to his death and landing in the inner courtyard of his hotel. It’s not yet clear who police think could have supplied him with drugs.
A forensic report established that Liam had suffered 25 injuries as a result of his catastrophic fall. They also pointed out that the cranioencephalic injuries were sufficiently suitable to cause death, while the internal and external haemorrhages in the skull, thorax, abdomen and limbs contributed to the mechanism of death.”
The forensic experts also considered that having analysed his hands, no defensive injuries were found, that all the injuries on the body were life-threatening and produced at the same time, and that no injuries were observed that would suggest the intervention of third parties.
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