Malaysia: the criminal track excluded in the death of Nora Quoirin

Nora Quoirin was not the victim of murder or sexual assault, a forensic pathologist revealed on Monday. The 15-year-old Franco-Irish woman, whose body was found in the forest in Malaysia ten days after her disappearance in 2019, was probably the victim of a “mishap”, explains Maimoonah Aid. 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 kilometers 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.

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. “After reviewing all the relevant evidence, I concluded that no one was involved in Nora Anne’s death [Quoirin] “Said the medical examiner. “It is more likely that she died as a result of a mishap,” she said. For the forensic scientist, the teenager surely left the family home “on her own”, before getting “lost in the palm plantation” which was abandoned.

More than 40 witnesses heard

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. Police reiterated that they had no clue that could lead to a criminal trail in the teenager’s death and believe she stepped out of the window on her own.

But her parents, who live in London, said they heard suspicious noises in the chalet the night she disappeared. Furthermore, they 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.