Malaysia: criminal trail ruled out in the death of a young Franco-Irish girl
Nora Anne Quoirin's parents believe their 15-year-old daughter was kidnapped in the Malaysian jungle.
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The body of Nora Quoirin, a 15-year-old Franco-Irish woman, was found in the forest in Malaysia ten days after her disappearance in 2019. Her death is probably due to "a mishap" in the jungle and not to murder or sexual assault, a forensic doctor announced on Monday, January 4.
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After reviewing all the relevant evidence, I have concluded that no one was involved in the death of Nora Anne [Quoirin]
," said medical examiner Maimoonah Aid.
It is more likely that she died as a result of a mishap.
"
For the forensic scientist, the teenager surely left the family home "
on her own
" before getting "
lost in the palm plantation
" which was abandoned.
The young girl had disappeared in 2019 the day after her arrival, with her family, at the Dusun Resort, a tourist complex located about 70 km south of the capital Kuala Lumpur, on the edge of the jungle.
The body of the teenager with a slight mental handicap was found after ten days of searching.
Parents persuaded of an abduction
The police had concluded to an accidental death.
But the parents are convinced that their daughter was not able to venture far on her own, and that she was abducted.
The family had called for a judicial investigation to determine the causes of death.
This investigation opened at the end of August and made it possible to hear more than 40 witnesses.
The police have repeated that they have no clue that could suggest a criminal trail in the death of the teenager and believe that she herself came out of her chalet through the window.
But her parents, who live in London, said they heard suspicious noises in the chalet the night she disappeared, and described the police response as slow and ineffective.
The autopsy had concluded that the girl had probably died of internal bleeding induced by hunger, after spending more than a week in the rainforest.
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