Toxicology tests on Liam Payne's body 'not yet completed'

Toxicology tests on the body of the late former One Direction star Liam Payne have reportedly not been completed yet, it was revealed tonight.

The singer passed away, aged 31, last week after falling from the third floor of a hotel he was staying at in Argentina.

According to Sky News on Tuesday night, a representative of the public prosecutor's office met with his father, Geoff Payne, who is in the country, to update him on the investigation into Liam's death.

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It reports that Andrés Esteban Madrea told him that toxicology and histopathological exams have not yet been completed and their results are said to be needed before the body can be released to the family.

It comes following the news earlier that preliminary toxicology findings have come back which show that Liam died with cocaine in his system. It is also not known what amount of the drugs were found in the body, reports the Mirror.

Final toxicology results are still pending and may not be made public for a few weeks, it's understood.

Just days ago, it was reported that Liam died on the spot due to multiple injuries including a skull fracture after plummeting from a third-floor hotel balcony.

As reported at the time, preliminary autopsy results, seen by Clarín, say Liam's death was caused by "multiple trauma" and "internal and external bleeding". According to local reports, the examination was carried out late on Wednesday at the Supreme Court morgue and was conducted by two forensic experts.

Tributes have poured in for the music star, who was known for singing in the boy band formed on ITV show The X Factor in 2010.

Following his death Payne’s former bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik said in a joint statement they were “completely devastated” and will miss the singer “terribly”.