Liam's dad has 'vowed to do right' by his late son(Image: PA)

Liam Payne's family hit with devastating fresh blow as dad 'vows to do right' by star

23 Oct 2024, 05:42 by Daniel Bird, https://www.facebook.com/danielbirdwrites · Irish Mirror

Liam Payne's dad has "vowed to do the right thing" and refuses to leave his late son.

The former One Direction singer tragically fell to his death aged 31 last week, falling from the balcony of his third floor hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The star died after suffering multiple traumas leading to an "internal and external haemorrhage". It has since emerged that he had traces of Class A drugs in his system – despite being clean in the days leading up to his death.

Friends have since claimed that Liam was "preyed on" by local drug dealers and had been clean just two days prior having undergone medical examinations in order to renew his American visa.

Materials extracted from the star's body in an autopsy following his death on Wednesday had "determined the presence of the class-A drug", according to respected news portal Infobae. ABC News claimed that among those substances was "pink cocaine", which contains a lethal mixture of drugs including MDMA, ketamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack.

Now, Liam's heartbroken dad, Geoff, who flew out to Argentina hours after his son's death has vowed to remain with him until he is able to return to the United Kingdom. Prosecutor Andrés Esteban Madrea, the lead investigator into Liam's death has warned Geoff that it could be ten days until the examination results are confirmed and he is unable to bring Liam back to the UK before this.

Liam Payne's dad has vowed to remain in Argentina(Image: Express & Star / SWNS)

A source claims that Geoff is finding the situation "really tough" and has understandably been left "heartbroken" following the death of his only son. "But he has vowed to do right by Liam and will not go home without him," a friend told the MailOnline. They added: "It is the uncertainty of not knowing when this ordeal will be over is what he is finding very difficult to deal with.

"The Argentine officials say they expect the results to take ten days, but it might be a lot less time than that." On Tuesday, six days after Liam's death, police arrived back at the hotel in which Payne stayed prior to his untimely death. After being inside the property for several hours, they removed numerous boxes of evidence marked "CCTV".

The late singer tragically died aged 31 after falling from his hotel balcony(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for evian)

A source close to the investigation said: "Detectives have all the footage now from Liam’s entire stay - from the moment he checked in to the hours after he died. Police are determined to trace everyone and have also been given a list of all guests as well as visitors. In addition, they have a full list of employees."

The final toxicology results are not expected to be made public for some weeks, but the initial report suggested evidence of exposure to cocaine, an official told the Associated Press, but stressed the initial results do not offer an accurate reading of how much was circulating in his blood when he died.

For the investigation, expert reports are being carried out on mobile phones, computers and security cameras, which the Prosecutor’s Office said, "require a longer analysis time". A press release from the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office also said that reconstruction of the events, which has involved taking numerous statements from hotel workers and medical professionals, is "still ongoing".

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