Liam Payne’s body will be released to his family, police sources say

of Liam Payne the body will be given to his family, two police sources told ABC News.

Sources said the prosecutor’s office has given permission to release Payne’s body to his father, Geoff Payne.

According to British Embassy officials in Buenos Aires, Geoff Payne has been in the Argentine capital since October 18, trying to repatriate his son’s body for burial in his native England.

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Previously, sources said the release of Payne’s body was dependent on the court’s findings in the criminal case.

The One Direction The singer died on October 16 after falling from the third floor balcony of his hotel room at the CasaSur Hotel in Palermo, Buenos Aires.

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Emergency services were called to deal with a man who was acting erratically and possibly under the influence, Alberto Crescenti, director of SAME, Buenos Aires Emergency Medical Services, previously told ABC News. Payne’s body was found in the courtyard of the hotel where he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Crescenti.

Since his death, a partial autopsy discovered that Payne had multiple substances in his system that day when he fell to his death from his hotel room.

The preliminary report released a day after his death stated that the singer died of “multiple trauma” and “internal and external bleeding”. Twenty-five injuries were reported on his body, all resulting from his fall, the autopsy revealed.

Several sources with direct knowledge of the investigation say CCTV footage reviewed by police appears to show several drug exchanges between a dealer and a hotel employee that took place before Payne’s death.

Sources said police are still investigating whether the hotel employee offered Payne drugs.

Argentine officials raided the hotel on October 23 as part of the ongoing investigation into the late singer’s death.

Singer Liam Payne dies after falling from hotel in Argentina: Police

There is reportedly CCTV footage showing Payne sleeping in the hotel lobby with a bottle of whiskey in hand, sources told ABC News.

Sources say police never believed Payne’s death was a suicide or intentional.

According to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation, police also identified the presence of two female escorts at the hotel in the hours before Payne’s death.

ABC News has reached out to the hotel for comment.

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