A toxicology exam on the former One Direction singer’s body has not yet been completed, Argentinian authorities said, after there were reports of cocaine being found in his system.
The results of that exam as well as a histopathological report are needed before the body can be released to the family, a representative of the local public prosecutor’s office told the singer’s father Geoff Payne, who is in Argentina.
These results are not expected to be made public for several weeks.
Investigators found what appeared to be narcotics and alcohol strewn around broken objects and furniture in Payne‘s hotel room, leading public prosecutors to suggest he had suffered a substance abuse-induced breakdown around the time of his fall.
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Authorities said Payne could have been in a state of “semi or total unconsciousness” when he fell from his hotel balcony.
It comes as Payne’s girlfriend of two years Kate Cassidy revealed the pair had planned on getting married next year.