Liam Payne's toxicology review 'not complete' - Star's body can't return home until tests conclude

A toxicology exam on Liam Payne's body has not been completed yet, authorities in Argentina have said - amid reports of cocaine being found in his system

A toxicology report on the late Liam Payne's body has reportedly not been completed yet.

The singer passed away, aged 31, last week after falling from his third floor hotel room in Argentina. According to Sky News, 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. 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 he died with cocaine in his system. It is also not known what amount of the drugs were found in the body. However, as reported by the Mirror, final toxicology results are still pending and may not be made public for a few weeks.

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.

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