Shortly after their deaths, Payne joined the DEA and the Valkyr Case is opened for the first time.
Payne returned home to find his wife and daughter murdered by drug dealers who had been injected with a new drug called Valkyr. Around 1997, Payne met and married Michelle Payne after saving her from a robbery and the couple had a daughter named Rose in February 1998.īy the summer of 1998, Payne was living with his family in New Jersey and on the night of August 22, 1998, During the mid 1990's, Balder and Payne would first enter media for disrupting a major drug deal between members of various mafia families. During this time, he met Alex Balder and the two quickly became best friends and his partner upon entering the police force. Payne would remain with his grandmother until he became an adult, growing very close to her over the years.īy the 1980's, Payne had decided to pursue a career in law enforcement and trained at the New York Police Academy, becoming the best of his class and showing remarkable skills.
In 1976, his mother died, followed by his father in 1979, leaving Payne as an orphan. He has stated that his parents would often fight, resorting to violent incidents. Maxwell Payne was born in 1964 in New York City, New York to Vietnam War veteran, Jack Payne and his wife, Helen and during his childhood, he experienced a great deal of abuse and trauma from his father who was suffering from PTSD and his alcoholic mother.