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The father of a London teenager who was found dead in a Malaysian jungle says she did not have the energy or instinct to survive there for days.
Sebastian Quoirin said in an investigation that he had visited the area where Nora Quoirin’s body was found, which involved leaving the compound where the family had stayed and walking another hour along a rocky stream with dense, slippery terrain.
He said: “I don’t think she managed at all … she had no survival instinct.
Nora’s body was found 1.6 miles from the resort.
“I don’t think Nora would have had the stamina or strength to be on the move for… days. Nora wouldn’t know what to eat, she would be seriously dehydrated… she would be very weak.”
Frenchman Quoirin also said the condition in which the 15-year-old’s body was found did not support the theory that she left the family home on her own and went on to walk and hide in a forest that police have unveiled. .
Speaking via video link from his home in London, he said Nora’s feet “did not appear to be particularly damaged” when he and his wife were asked to identify the body.
“I try to think how it was possible since the police told us that Nora was gone. I’m not an expert, but to us, Nora’s body didn’t seem compatible with someone wandering the jungle, half naked and without shoes,” he said.
He added that the usual reaction of the teenager when he is scared would be “freeze, look down and call Mom or Dad.”
The French-Irish teenager disappeared a day after the family arrived on vacation at the Duson eco-resort in the southern state of Negeri Sembilan on August 4 last year.
She disappeared from her family’s cabin and her body was found naked on August 13, near a stream 2.5 kilometers from the complex, after extensive search efforts.
Her family believes that she was abducted because she had mental and physical disabilities and that she could not have left alone.
Police believe there was no criminal activity involved in the teenager’s disappearance
Quoirin also said it is possible that the kidnappers could have released her after learning of her disability, the search operation and the media attention.
Police have told the investigation that there was there is no indication that Nora was kidnapped or sexually assaulted, and there were no signs of criminal activity.
Officers believe he climbed out of a window of his own accord, with post-mortem evidence showing that he died of intestinal bleeding as a result of hunger and stress.
The teenager’s Irish mother, Meabh Quoirin, told the investigation Wednesday that it would have been nearly impossible for Nora to open and exit through a window.
He added that all the children had gone to sleep only in their underwear, as it was a hot night.
The couple’s two youngest children are scheduled to testify in private this afternoon.
A British doctor who performed a second autopsy will also provide evidence remotely later this month.
The Quoirin family has sued the resort owner for alleged negligence. Their lawsuit says there was no security at the compound and a broken latch was found ajar the morning of Nora’s disappearance.
