<body><div> LIAM Payne’s body could take weeks to be returned to his grieving family and be laid to rest in the UK, it has been claimed. The&nbsp;One Direction star, 31,&nbsp;tragically <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12698443/one-direction-stars-break-silence-liam-payne-death/" rel="nofollow"> fell to his death from the third floor </a> of his hotel in <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/where/argentina/" rel="nofollow"> Buenos Aires </a> on Wednesday. <figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12713671"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2FvxNk_0wEdF2WG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2FvxNk_0wEdF2WG00" width="670" height="687" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Liam Payne with his parents Geoff and Karen </figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12707507"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3uUlu4_0wEdF2WG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3uUlu4_0wEdF2WG00" width="960" height="640" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">A distraught Geoff Payne, Liam Payne’s dad, waves to fans outside the hotel in Argentina </figcaption> Reuters </figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12707509"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1himgD_0wEdF2WG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1himgD_0wEdF2WG00" width="959" height="640" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Geoff looks down at the masses of flowers, cards and candles left out to honour his son Liam </figcaption> Getty </figure><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12713741"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2vpbHy_0wEdF2WG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2vpbHy_0wEdF2WG00" width="620" height="808" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">One of Liam Payne’s last posts was a Snapchat video </figcaption> Reuters </figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2dDAzV_0wEdF2WG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2dDAzV_0wEdF2WG00" width="960" height="950" > Liam’s devastated dad has been <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12708056/liam-payne-death-dad-get-body-home/" rel="nofollow"> reportedly trying to get his son’s body back home in the UK as soon as possible </a> . But sources close to the investigation reportedly told Argentine newspaper Clarín&nbsp;that the singer’s body will remain in the country “between 10 and 15 days” as cops are still waiting for key test results. Sources from the British Embassy told the outlet: “We are supporting Liam Payne’s family and are in contact with local authorities.” <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Prosecutor Marcelo Roma is awaiting the results of the additional toxicological tests after receiving the autopsy’s preliminary results. <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"> It comes as… <ul><li> Liam Payne’s <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12708841/liam-payne-sister-ruth-tribute-one-direction-star-dead/" rel="nofollow"> devastated sister Ruth breaks silence </a> in emotional statement </li><li> Cheryl Cole’s&nbsp;mum &amp; friends rally around&nbsp;her </li><li> Britain’s Got Talent&nbsp;auditions resume as Bruno Tonioli&nbsp;replaces Simon Cowell </li><li> Molly-Mae&nbsp;reveals friendship with Liam Payne&nbsp;in emotional statement </li><li> Liam’s <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12708056/liam-payne-death-dad-get-body-home/" rel="nofollow"> devastated dad ‘trying to bring his son’s body home’ </a></li><li> The star&nbsp;spent £10,000 in one night helping people&nbsp;on GoFundMe </li><li> How <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12709248/how-liam-payne-healed-one-direction-rifts-before-death/" rel="nofollow"> Liam healed his One Direction </a> rifts </li></ul><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"> The musician was suspected of being drugged and drunk, based on the testimony of people who saw him at the hotel and the evidence the police gathered. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> To that end, the prosecutor asked that histopathological, biochemical, and toxicological studies be conducted, which were also completed during the autopsy. The results can take 10 to 15 days, so Liam’s body is expected to be available to his relatives after the final autopsy results are received. Liam’s <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12693698/liam-paynes-heartbroken-family/" rel="nofollow"> loved ones made a desperate dash </a> to South America late on Wednesday night just hours after learning the heartbreaking news. <figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12712758"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3mJzc4_0wEdF2WG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3mJzc4_0wEdF2WG00" width="349" height="611" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Liam, pictured above with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy </figcaption> snapchat </figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12702098"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=137lg3_0wEdF2WG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=137lg3_0wEdF2WG00" width="620" height="513" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">This is understood to be the final photo of Liam </figcaption></figure> Footage taken outside the Casa Sur hotel on Friday showed a sombre <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12707510/liam-payne-dad-geoff-tributes-hotel/" rel="nofollow"> Geoff Payne bending down to read messages written to his son </a> . The distraught, bleary-eyed dad waved to Liam’s fans as he took in the touching display. Dressed in a dark suit with his hands clasped in front of him, Geoff was shielded by police and security from dozens of fans and reporters. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Geoff Payne went into the Forensic Medical Corps judicial mortuary in Balvanera at around 3pm on Friday to identify his son’s body, Clarin reports. Geoff is said to have asked permission to enter Liam’s room at the Hotel CasaSur Palermo to remove his son’s belongings. Champagne, prescription drugs, white powder and foil wraps were all found in <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12700708/items-scene-liam-payne-death-balcony-fall/" rel="nofollow"> Liam’s trashed hotel room </a> after the fatal fall at around 5pm (9pm UK time). Fellow hotel guests revealed the <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/12700067/last-people-liam-payne-alive-disturbing-behaviour/" rel="nofollow"> star had been acting in a “disturbing” manner </a> shortly before his fall, with Liam admitting to one woman: “I used to be in a boy band – that’s why I’m so f**ked up.” <figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12713209"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4OysUS_0wEdF2WG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4OysUS_0wEdF2WG00" width="960" height="640" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Fans have left a shrine of tributes to Liam Payne outside the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires </figcaption> Reuters </figure><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12708055"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3nc6om_0wEdF2WG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3nc6om_0wEdF2WG00" width="960" height="540" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">A drone view showing the pool area at the hotel where Liam tragically died </figcaption> AP </figure></div></body>

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LIAM Payne’s body could take weeks to be returned to his grieving family and be laid to rest in the UK, it has been claimed. The One Direction star, 31, tragically fell to his death from the third floor of his hotel in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Liam’s devastated dad has been reportedly trying to get his son’s body […]