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The father of a London teenager whose body was found in a Malaysian jungle said his daughter had no survival instinct and was unable to walk on such slippery and dangerous terrain alone.
Sebastien Quoirin, whose 15-year-old daughter Nora disappeared during a family vacation at an eco-resort last year, rejected suggestions from police that she had simply slipped out of her room window and walked away during the night. night.
Speaking via video link in an investigation into Nora’s death, he said such behavior would have been completely out of place and that she had a neurological condition that meant she had a hard time venturing out until now.
“Nora’s mobility, Nora’s balance was not very good. Nora wasn’t capable of doing it, she didn’t have any survival instincts, ”he said. “Since I wasn’t dressed, I was only wearing underwear, I had no shoes, I couldn’t understand or imagine first of all how I would get out of the resort and into the jungle.
He said that when he identified Nora’s body, he noticed that her feet were dirty but not injured in the way that would be expected if she had walked barefoot through the jungle for days.
Nora’s body was found naked next to a stream more than a mile from the vacation spot after a 10-day search operation. Nora had been sharing a room with her brother and sister. When the family woke up one morning, she had disappeared and a large window in the hotel room was open.
Police maintain that their investigation found no signs of criminal activity and that there were no indications that Nora had been abducted. Nora’s mother and father have criticized the police for what they consider a slow and ineffective response.
Sebastien Quoirin said rescuers searched the area where Nora was eventually discovered four times, including one with sniffer dogs, but did not see her.
He defied suggestions that Nora was not found earlier because she had been constantly on the move. Her daughter, who had learning disabilities and physical disabilities, did not have the stamina to walk for seven days, she said. “Nora wouldn’t know what to eat, she would have become seriously dehydrated, I think after a couple of days … she would have been extremely weak.”
On Wednesday, Nora’s mother, Meabh Quoirin, said in the investigation that she heard “muffled whispers” inside the family chalet the night her daughter disappeared, but that she was half asleep at the time and did not act. Sebastien said he heard those noises too.
Meabh also said it was highly unlikely that Nora, who weighed 30 kg (4 out of 10 pounds), would have been able to open up and climb out of the bedroom window. Sebastien said that Nora had never been out the door of her house.
The owner of the complex, Haanum Bamadhaj, admitted in the investigation in August that the chalet’s window was broken and could be opened from the outside.
Some of the fences around the complex were also broken, Sebastien said, and if Nora had crossed it, she would have injured her feet. He said it was possible that Nora was kidnapped and that the perpetrator abandoned her when it was realized that she had disabilities and that her disappearance had attracted media attention.
Nora’s parents have described the police response as lacking in urgency. On Wednesday, Meabh said the officer sent to interview her was unable to communicate effectively in English, and that on the first day of the search for Nora, police were initially reluctant to continue searching until late at night. It was not until days after Nora’s disappearance that the police took the fingerprints of the chalet.
An autopsy concluded that Nora likely died of hunger and stress after spending seven days in the jungle. His family has said that many questions remain unanswered. The investigation is expected to continue through December.
