Liam Payne's mum says she has 'lost her beautiful boy' after death aged 31

Payne, 31, died in a plunge from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires in Argentina earlier this week, with police now investigating.

Liam Payne's grieving mum has issued a devastating statement over the death of the ITV The X Factor star. Payne, 31, died in a plunge from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires in Argentina earlier this week, with police now investigating.

Liam's family from Wolverhampton fled their home on Wednesday night after discovering the news. Payne's mum, Karen has issued a heartbreaking statement following the death of her 'baby boy' earlier this week after he fell from his hotel balcony.

Speaking to a friend of the family, nurse Karen said: "I've lost my beautiful boy." Liam's brother-in-law Nick Farnell said: "We're obviously devastated at the news." Karen's friend, hairdresser Nick Malenko said: "He was a beautiful boy inside and out. It's absolutely shocking and devastating that such a young and talent life has gone.

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"We are never going to see him again. There are so many tears here, how can we put how we feel into words?" Bandmate Louis Tomlinson, 32, remembered Payne as “the most vital part of One Direction” and added that he would be telling his young son Bear “stories of how amazing his dad was”.

“I am beyond devastated to be writing this but yesterday I lost a brother,” he said. “Liam was somebody I looked up to every day, such a positive, funny, and kind soul.” The music star said he was “instantly amazed” by Payne’s voice when they met and added that he had “got a chance to see the kind brother I’d longed all my life for”.

“Liam was an incredible song writer with a great sense of melody, we often spoke of getting back in the studio together to try and recreate the writing chemistry we had built up in the band,” he said. Zayn Malik, 31, wrote that he’d found himself talking out loud to his late friend, “hoping you can hear me”.

“I never got to thank you for supporting me through some of the most difficult times in my life,” he wrote. “When I was missing home as a 17 year old kid you would always be there with a positive outlook and reassuring smile and let me know you were my friend and that I was loved.

"Even though you were younger than me you were always more sensible than me, you were headstrong, opinionated and gave no f***s about telling people when they were wrong. Even though we butted heads because of this a few times, I always secretly respected you for it.”