George Michael’s family await update from cops checking number plates of cars seen parking near his home before his mystery death
The pop icon's friends and staff were seen pulling up near his house in the days before he died
THE family of pop icon George Michael are anxiously awaiting an update from cops investigating his mystery death.
Detectives have spent the past week looking at the number plates of cars which have been seen either arriving at, or parking near, Michael's property.
Reports the singer had become a loner have been contradicted by the , who have revealed he had a procession of visitors arrive at his house in the days before his death.
A source close to the paper: "Officers are stepping up the investigation into the days leading up to George's death and focusing on those who came and went to see George.
"They may have vital information which could be of use.
"There are still vehicles that were near the property which police are trying to trace the owners of.
";The police will take as long as they need to.
"The aim for them is to get an accurate picture as possible of George's final days."
A family member told the Sunday People: "I'm worried that because everything is taking so long that it's going to be bad news.
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"We're now fearing the worst.
"We just want to know what happened.
"Why was he on his own?
"Why did his boyfriend sleep in his car when George has a big house? It's all very strange.
"We're being kept in the the dark.
"We're still waiting to hear about the funeral.
"We just want answers and to lay him to rest."
Michael's body was found by his live-in lover Fadi Fawaz at their home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on Christmas Day.
A postmortem came back inconclusive and officers are still waiting for the results of a further toxicology report.
In the days before his death his boyfriend Fadi and members of his staff and friends were seen calling at his rural home.
George was never pictured outside the house.
Fadi claims he fell asleep in his car after a night out on Christmas Eve.
Met Police are still carrying out interviews and getting statements as they seek to work out how he died.
One of his former lovers Carlos Ortiz fears he may have killed himself.
He said: "I had an intuitive feeling about it last year.
"And it seems very coincidental to me that he was found dead on Christmas Day because he told me he hated Christmas as there were never any children around.
"For me it is sadly a possibility he may have overdosed.”
George Michael sold more than 100million records worldwide across his solo career and as a member of Wham!
He had reportedly been planning to release a new album this year.
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