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SEREMBAN: The forensic court here was told today that French-Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin may have been dead for at least two or three days before her body was discovered.
Two forensic pathologists, Dr. Hanif Mahmud from Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital, Seremban, and Dr. Siew Shue Feng from Kuala Lumpur Hospital, revealed this when they testified on the 21st day of investigative procedures to determine the cause of death of Nora Anne in a jungle in August of last year.
Both experts said that the autopsy report found that there was no sexual assault on the victim based on the genital examination, which found no tears in the hymen.
Nora Anne, 15, disappeared on August 4 last year, a day after she and her family arrived in Malaysia for a two-week vacation at a resort in Pantai, here, about 60 kilometers south of Kuala Lumpur. His body was found 10 days later near a stream about 2.5 kilometers away.
The preliminary post-mortem report indicated that the death of the adolescent with a disability had no criminal element, and she was confirmed dead from gastrointestinal bleeding due to prolonged hunger and stress.
Hanif said the estimated time of death based on post-mortem changes was two to three days, but less than four days. Multiple injuries were found on external examination and were caused by (friction with) objects such as tree limbs, rocks, and sand.
“The hymen of the deceased was intact despite the decomposition changes and no obvious injuries were observed on the external genitalia,” Hanif said as he read his witness statement to the coroner, Maimoonah Aid.
Deputy Prosecutor Ahmad Sazali Omar, who is assisting in the investigation, asked whether the condition of the body, in the initial stage of decomposition, had affected the outcome of finding the cause of death.
Hanif said: “Although the condition of the body changed due to decomposition, the post-mortem process did not face any problems when it was carried out.”
He said that when he arrived at the place where Nora Anne’s body was found at 4.44pm on August 13, he saw that the body had decomposed, with the skin on the body peeling and changing color, as well as being infested with flies and worms. . .
Sazali: May I suggest that the injuries to the body are consistent with the history where the deceased is said to have disappeared in the woods?
Hanif: Through our visit to the site where the body was found, I believe that the deceased’s injuries matched the conditions of the environment where the body was found.
Both Hanif and Siew agreed that the wounds on Nora Anne’s soles matched the area where the teenager was said to have disappeared into the dense forest.
Pathologists also said autopsy results showed Nora Anne’s cause of death was duodenal ulceration, perforation and bleeding as a result of starvation and physiological stress.
The investigation continues tomorrow.
