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PETALANDO JAYA: A British pathologist told in an investigation into the death of tourist Nora Anne Quorin that he could not rule out the possibility of sexual abuse of the teenager, who was found dead after disappearing from a resort in Negeri Sembilan.
Nathaniel Cary said he could not rule out the possibility, as his body had suffered severe decomposition, according to a report by Britain’s Sky News satellite channel.
Cary said in the investigation that while he agreed with the Malaysian officials’ findings that Nora Anne died of intestinal bleeding due to hunger and stress, he could not exclude that she was sexually assaulted even though there was no positive evidence.
The poor condition of the body made it difficult to determine if there were traces of semen or DNA from strangers.
“I think we can exclude very serious trauma to the genitals … but I won’t be able to exclude minimal trauma because decomposition obscures things,” he said.
“The difficulty here is due to decomposition, the forensic evidence would be at a disadvantage to some extent.”
Nora Anne, 15, who suffered from learning difficulties, disappeared in August 2019 from a rainforest resort in Seremban a day after her family arrived on vacation.
His naked body was found 10 days later near a jungle stream in a deep ravine near the resort. Her mother, Meabh Quoirin, said she may have been abducted, but police dismissed the kidnapping, saying they had found no signs of foul play.
Cary said the autopsy on the girl’s body had been thorough, but the decomposition made it difficult to determine the circumstances of the teenager’s death.
He agreed that he could not rule out the possibility that Nora Anne’s body could have been placed there after her death, as rescuers had previously searched for the specific location.
He also agreed that there was no evidence that he had suffered major falls on the rough terrain despite his physical disabilities.
However, Cary said that “the multiple cuts and scratches on the teenager’s body indicated that she had moved through dense brush,” Sky’s report said.
