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Liam Payne’s heartbroken father has demanded the truth about his son’s untimely death, telling authorities he is willing to “tell them everything he knows” to ensure a thorough investigation.

In a moving meeting with justice officials in Buenos Aires, Geoff Payne presses for answers and help to speed up the return of his son’s remains to the UK.

Today, a meeting was held between him and prosecutor Andres Esteban Madrea, during which it was revealed that a full autopsy has not yet been completed, delaying the repatriation while awaiting the results of toxicology and tissue tests.

A spokesman confirmed, detailing Mr Payne’s desire to take part in the investigation into the death of his 31-year-old son, stating: “During his meeting with Mr Madrea, the musician’s father expressed his desire to launch an investigation and find out what happened, and told the prosecutor, that he is willing to testify about anything he knows about his son’s life that could assist the investigation.”

The spokesman further explained that “the representative of the prosecutor’s office informed the father that toxicological and histopathological tests supplementing the autopsy have not yet been completed and their results are necessary to decide on the release of the body.”

Officials confirmed that, in addition to ongoing forensic tests, investigators were still analyzing “mobile phones, computers, photos and CCTV footage,” stating: “These will require a longer period of analysis,” the Mirror reports.

Last week it was revealed that prosecutors had questioned three hotel workers and two women identified as prostitutes who spent time with Liam before his death.

Work is underway to piece together the last hours of the singer’s life, involving “hotel employees, friends, technical and medical specialists, and other people associated with him through his work.”

Liam is known to have spent time with Argentinian businessman Rogelio Nores, who is said to have given evidence to investigators.

After photos from Liam’s hotel room were leaked last week, showing white powder on the desk being analyzed, the singer’s family said they would be the first to receive any new information. These photos were published in Argentine media.

Argentine news site Infobae reported yesterday that traces of cocaine had been found in Liam’s body, but tests of the white powder had so far been “inconclusive.”

Unconfirmed reports from the US suggest that a partial autopsy revealed a cocktail of drugs in his system, including fake pink cocaine containing MDMA, ketamine and methamphetamine, as well as crack and benzodiazepine.

Since then, Infobae has maintained that no other substances have been mentioned in any official reports on Liam’s death to date. Prosecutors classified the death as “inconclusive” but said there was currently no evidence to suggest third-party involvement and that instead Liam may have fallen from the balcony “in a state of partial or total unconsciousness” during a psychotic episode triggered by substance use.

A preliminary autopsy, carried out last Wednesday evening, revealed that Liam died from multiple injuries that caused “internal and external bleeding”.

His 25 “life-threatening” injuries reportedly included a skull fracture.

The hotel manager called 911 in the US last Wednesday afternoon, just before Liam’s death, and said: ‘We have a guy who is off drugs and he is destroying everything in his room. We need someone to come.”

During the second conversation, he added: “We need to send someone urgently, because I don’t know if the guy’s life is in danger. Must be in a room with a balcony. Well, we’re a little worried that he’ll do something, that he’ll put his life at risk.

Police are investigating the source of the drugs Liam took before his death, believing his dealer may have been a hotel employee. The singer’s friends claim that he was clean just a few days before the tragic event.

Insiders reveal that Liam arrived in Argentina on September 30 and had to extend his stay due to complications with extending his soon-to-expire US visa. He came with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy, who left Buenos Aires for the United States shortly before Liam’s death.

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