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KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – The mother of an Irish teenager whose body was found in a Malaysian jungle said on Wednesday (November 11) that she believed her daughter may have been abducted and questioned official findings that her death was nothing. to do with crime.
Nora Quoirin, 15, who suffered from learning difficulties, disappeared in August last year from a rainforest resort in Seremban, about 70 kilometers south of the Malaysian capital, a day after her family arrived. vacation.
Her naked body was found 10 days later near a jungle stream in a deep ravine near the Dusun compound where the family was staying.
Police had ruled out kidnapping as a motive, saying they had found no signs of foul play.
Speaking at a Malaysian investigation into the death, Ms Meabh Quoirin said that her daughter could not have left alone as she had a brain condition that affected her balance and coordination.
“She would often fall or trip if she walked in areas that were not flat or straight,” Ms. Quoirin told the Seremban Forensic Court by video conference.
She asked why her daughter’s body was found without many injuries, even though the teenager was believed to have been walking alone on rough terrain in the jungle for days.
“Why doesn’t the state of his body reflect someone who was constantly on the move and constantly exposed to the harshest elements?” Mrs. Quoirin said.
He said he believed his daughter was kidnapped, although he did not know how or for what reason.
Authorities had said that an autopsy established that the girl had died of internal bleeding, likely caused by prolonged hunger and stress.
The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy found some small scratches on his legs, but ruled that they would not have contributed to his death, police said.
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