The final inquest into Liam Payne’s death has been postponed until 2026 after authorities requested “full reports and eyewitness statements.” During a brief three-minute pre-inquest review held at Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court on Thursday (Nov 6), Senior Coroner Crispin Butler said that “continuing investigations in Argentina into the circumstances surrounding Liam’s death” are still underway.

He explained that officials would keep working with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to obtain complete reports, witness testimonies, and other relevant evidence. These will help answer the statutory questions of who the deceased was, the medical cause of death, and when, where, and how the incident occurred. Liam, aged 31, tragically died on October 16, 2024, after falling from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A post-mortem determined he died from multiple injuries and severe internal and external bleeding caused by the fall.

Earlier this year, an Argentinian court dropped criminal negligence charges against three of the five people initially accused in connection with the incident. The coroner has received preliminary documents, including the Argentinian autopsy report and an initial police statement. These will be translated with assistance and cooperation from Liam’s family.

The inquest has been adjourned until another pre-inquest review scheduled for May 7, 2026, at 10 a.m. On the first anniversary of Liam’s passing, his sisters, Nicola Payne and Ruth Gibbins, posted heartfelt tributes on Instagram. Ruth expressed that she remains “paralysed” by grief, admitting she had “underestimated” its depth and describing Liam as “the loss of my life.”

She wrote about how she had assumed her younger brother would always be there and revealed recurring nightmares in which she’s in his hotel room, trying to reach him but unable to make him hear her. “My mind is trapped on those last minutes you spent on this earth,” Ruth said. “The unanswered minutes — the moments that changed everything.”