KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – A Malaysian coroner ruled on Monday that the death of a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she disappeared while on holiday was likely a misdemeanor in which other people were not involved.
Coroner Maimoonah Aid ruled out murder, natural death and suicide, saying Nora Anne Quoirin probably got lost after leaving her family home alone.
The 15-year-old disappeared on August 4, 2019 in the eco-resort Dusun in the south of the state of Negeri Sembilan, a day after the family arrived for a holiday. After a large search, her naked body was found on August 13 next to a stream on a palm oil estate about 2.5 kilometers from the resort.
Police believed she climbed out of the cottage window alone, with no evidence of foul play. But the teenager’s parents said she was probably abducted because she was mentally and physically disabled and would not stray alone. They told the investigation that a third party could have dumped her body in the area after the search for her.
The coroner described the family’s proposals as ‘nothing more than probable theory’, with no evidence.
Nora Anne was only dressed in lingerie when she went missing, but her body was found naked. The coroner noted that the family claims to be witnessing the possibility of sexual assault, but according to an extensive autopsy, there is no evidence, nor any evidence of contention or suffocation.
Maimoonah also said there were no suspicious circumstances prior to the teenager’s disappearance, no ransom request and no signs of intrusion into the family home.
‘I decided no one was involved in Nora Anne’s death. ‘It is more likely that she died due to a wrong adventure, that is to say that she left the (house) alone and consequently got lost in the abundant palm oil plantation,’ said the coroner.
Nora Anne’s parents listened to the online verdict of their home in London, but gave no immediate explanation.
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 fully rule out sexual assault due to serious bodily harm.
Maimoonah said Nora Anne, who slept on the cage with her siblings, may have been awakened by the heat or loud noises of a party in another cottage in the area and would go downstairs to visit her parents. find.
But the coroner said the teenager may not have been able to open the heavy sliding door to her parents’ bedroom and that he could then leave the house. Her mother testified that a window with a broken latch was opened the morning Nora Anne disappeared, but the coroner said she could accidentally push it open.
Rescuers may have overlooked Nora’s body due to the thick jungle terrain, Maimoonah added. According to the autopsy, she died between two and four days before her body was discovered.
A total of 49 witnesses have testified more than 24 days per video conference since August last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.