Liam PayneThe man's body is being prepared for repatriation from Argentina to his home country of Great Britain.

A source confirmed this Us weekly that Payne's remains would be transferred to the British Cemetery in Chacarita, the largest cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to “begin the embalming process to preserve the body for the return journey” to London, England, where his burial will take place . Liam's farewell mass will be held at the city's famous Saint Paul's Cathedral and he will then be buried.

The source also noted that the embalming process “could take around 48 hours,” meaning Liam's father, Geoff Paynecould return to the UK with his son's body as early as Monday, November 4th. According to another medium, it is Argentina La NationGeoff was able to repatriate his son's body after two weeks of bureaucratic processes.

Us confirmed on Oct. 16 that Payne died last month at age 31 after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. According to the head of the city's emergency services, he suffered “serious injuries” after falling from a third-floor balcony of a Buenos Aires hotel Alberto Crescenti. A preliminary autopsy revealed that Payne died of “internal and external” bleeding.

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A partial autopsy report released on October 21 revealed that the One Direction singer also had several drugs in his system at the time of his fall, including “pink cocaine”, cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack cocaine.

Last month, Dr. Cristian Polettia university professor and lawyer specializing in criminal law, explained in an exclusive interview with Us What would happen to Payne's body after his death? (Poletti is not involved in the case.)

“What's happening with Liam Payne's body is essentially they have to wait for the toxicology reports, which usually take one to two weeks, from 7 to 15 days, and until that result comes in they won't release the body,” said Poletti on Oct. 22, adding that “any death suspected of a crime” requires “a certain amount of time.”

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She noted that a toxicology report “takes 7 to 15 days” and added: “Until these studies are completed and everything related to the autopsy of the body is confirmed, they will not release the body, they will not deliver him body to the family.”

Poletti continued: “If they delivered it, they would not allow the body to be burned. Nor will they allow them to take it out of the country. This means that once the body is completely freed, the family can do whatever they want. They will enable release, they will enable the body to travel to its place of origin. They won’t do it before then.”

With reporting by Luciana Arias in Buenos Aires.