According to police sources cited by the American channel ABC News, the body of Liam Payne, former member of the British boy band One Direction who recently died at the age of 31, will be handed over to his family. According to these sources, the prosecutor gave the green light for the body of the 31-year-old singer to be handed over to his father Geoff Payne. The father of the young singer had also traveled to Argentina just after the tragedy to obtain the repatriation of his son’s body to England.
For its part, the Argentinian newspaper The Nation specifies that the pop star’s body will be repatriated to the United Kingdom “at the latest”, tomorrow, Monday November 4, in view of his funeral planned for next week.
Liam Payne was found dead on October 16 after falling from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires. Preliminary results of the autopsy established that he was going through “a sort of crisis due to substance abuse”, according to the Argentine prosecutor’s office.
A wave of emotion around the world
In mid-October, when the suicide hypothesis was ruled out, American media revealed that according to preliminary toxicology reports, Liam Payne had consumed several drugs, including “pink cocaine”, a mixture of drugs containing in particular methamphetamine, ketamine and MDMA.
The death of the pop star, who had spoken publicly about his substance abuse problems and his difficulty coping with fame at a young age, sparked an outpouring of emotion from his many fans around the world. Fans who were waiting, in addition to the funeral, for the release of a song in which Liam Payne participated and which had been announced for last Friday. The release was finally postponed, American artist Sam Pounds with whom he collaborated said on Tuesday. The American singer and songwriter announced the release of this title, Do No Wrongon social networks, accompanied by a black and white illustration, representing an angel rising towards a broken heart.
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