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A Malaysian medical examiner has ruled that the death of a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she disappeared while on vacation was likely a misfortune that did not involve other people.
Coroner Maimoonah Aid ruled out homicide, natural death and suicide and said Nora Anne Quoirin was likely lost after leaving her family’s cabin alone.
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A Malaysian medical examiner ruled that the death of Nora Quoirin, whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she disappeared while on vacation, was likely a misfortune that did not involve other people.
The 15-year-old disappeared at the Dusun eco-resort in the southern state of Negeri Sembilan on August 4, 2019, a day after the family arrived on vacation. After a massive search, his body was found on August 13 next to a stream on a palm oil farm about 2.5 kilometers from the complex.
Police believe she escaped through the cabin window on her own, with no evidence of any dirty acts. But her parents said she was probably abducted because she had mental and physical disabilities and would not have left on her own. They said in the investigation that a third party may have dumped his body in the area after the search operation.
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The coroner described the family’s suggestions as “nothing more than a probable theory” with no evidence.
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In this image of the video released by the Malaysian Judiciary, Meabh Quoirin and Sebastian Quoirin, center frame, mother and father of the missing schoolgirl Nora Anne Quoirin, attend the verdict for the investigation into the death of the Irish-French teenager.
Nora Anne was wearing only underwear when she disappeared at night, but her body was found naked. The coroner noted the family’s argument that this gave credence to the possibility of sexual assault, but said an extensive autopsy could find no such evidence, no evidence of fighting or suffocation.
Maimoonah also said there were no suspicious circumstances prior to the teenager’s disappearance, no ransom request or signs of intrusion into the family home.
“I decided that no one was involved in Nora Anne’s death. It is more likely that he died by accident, that is, that he left the (cabin) on his own and later got lost in the abandoned palm oil plantation, “said the coroner.
Nora Anne’s parents, who were listening to the verdict online from their London home, said in a statement that they were “completely disappointed.”
They said Nora was simply unable to hide in the brush or leave the compound in the dark without clothes. They said they had asked the coroner to return an open verdict, which would mean there was suspicion of foul play but inadequate evidence to prove it.
“We still believe this is the only appropriate verdict because, throughout the testimonies presented in this case, layers of (professional) evidence have confirmed what we always believed: that Nora was abducted,” they said.
The family cited unidentified fingerprints found on the outside of a window in her cabin that was found open the morning of her disappearance, the failure of hundreds of trained rescuers to initially find her, and police dogs unable to track Nora.
They feared that possible DNA evidence would be lost due to elapsed time and the finding of his body in the water, and they noted a lack of significant physical damage to his body if he actually walked over the rough terrain.
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After a massive search, the body of Nora Anne Quoirin was found on August 13 by a stream on a palm oil farm about 2.5 kilometers from the complex where her family was staying.
They also said that the possibility of sexual assault persisted, despite the fact that there was no evidence of violent assault, and that their highly submissive nature ruled out any fighting.
“Once again, we see that justice fights to support the most vulnerable in society, engaging only with special needs at a superficial level,” they said.
A British pathologist who performed a second autopsy on Nora Anne’s body in the UK testified that he agreed with the Malaysian findings that she died of intestinal bleeding due to hunger and stress. However, he said he could not completely rule out sexual assault due to the severe body decomposition.
Maimoonah said that Nora Anne, who was sleeping in the loft with her siblings, could have been woken up by the heat or loud noises from a party at another nearby cabin and headed downstairs to find her parents.
But the coroner said the teen may not have been able to open the heavy sliding door to her parents’ room. He could have opened the window by accident, Maimoonah said.
Rescuers may also have initially missed Nora’s body due to the thick jungle terrain, Maimoonah added. The autopsy estimated that he died between two and four days before his body was discovered.
A total of 49 witnesses have testified for 24 days since last August via video conference due to the coronavirus pandemic.
