Death of teen Nora Quoirin near Malaysian jungle resort a 'misadventure', coroner rules. A Malaysian coroner has ruled the death of a French-Irish teen whose naked body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on vacation was most likely a misadventure that did not involve other people. Malaysia opened an inquest into the death of the year-old in August last year at the family's request, with proceedings streamed online due to coronavirus restrictions. The naked body of Nora Anne Quoirin — who suffered from learning difficulties — was found in a ravine near the Dusun holiday resort where her family was staying in Seremban, about 70 kilometres south of the Malaysian capital on August 13, On Monday local time the Seremban Coroner's Court ruled there was insufficient evidence to indicate foul play and that the girl had likely died of misadventure. Police had earlier ruled out foul play, but her family questioned the findings and said she had never before left them voluntarily. The teen's parents said she was likely kidnapped because she had mental and physical disabilities and would not have wandered off on her own. They told the inquest that a third party could have dumped her body in the area following the search operation for her. The coroner ruled out homicide, natural death and suicide and said Ms Quoirin likely got lost after leaving her family's cottage on her own.
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The body found in Malaysia on Tuesday after a massive search is that of Franco-Irish teen Nora Quoirin, who disappeared 10 days ago from a rainforest resort, police said. The year-old went missing on August 4, a day after checking into the resort with her London-based family. They suspected she was abducted but Malaysian police classified it as a missing person case. The body was found in a small stream in a ravine about 2. It was transported by helicopter to a nearby hospital, where her parents positively identified her. The body was unclothed but he declined to reveal if it had any injuries. Mazlan said it was still being treated as a missing person case.
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The naked body of a vulnerable Franco-Irish teen who disappeared from a Malaysian resort was found in a jungle ravine Tuesday after a day search involving a hundreds-strong team. A helicopter winched the body out of the rainforest and transported it to hospital, and the parents of missing year-old Nora Quoirin later identified her. She disappeared from the Dusun Resort, not far from Kuala Lumpur, on August 4, a day after checking in for a holiday with her London-based family. Her family believed the teen, who had learning difficulties, had been abducted but police classified it as a missing person case. More than people were deployed to hunt through dense jungle, backed by helicopters, drones, sniffer dogs and divers, while traditional shamans conducted rituals in a bid to locate her. The body was found in a small stream in a ravine about 2. He said the body was unclothed but declined to reveal if it had any injuries. Mazlan said it was still being treated as a missing person case. A group of volunteers who were part of the search and rescue team found the body after being tipped off by a member of the public.
Nora Quoirin was found dead 10 days after she vanished from a Malaysian resort. Did she wander into the jungle or was she taken? After flying to Malaysia for a family holiday, Meabh Quoirin was jetlagged and exhausted when she says she heard whispers in the night. Ms Quoirin, her husband Sebastien and their three children were staying in a chalet at an eco-resort near the edge of a large rainforest in Seremban. On that night in August , she said she distinctly remembers hearing "muffled" voices — possibly from two people — inside the family's chalet soon after they had all gone to bed. By the time the sun rose, her year-old daughter Nora was missing from her bed and the window to their chalet was wide open. A huge search was launched, involving hundreds of Malaysian police officers until Nora's naked body was found in a ravine. But more than a year after Nora's death, the Quoirin family remain at odds with Malaysian officials over whether their daughter wandered off or was taken. The disappearance of Nora has been compared to the case of Madeleine McCann, the three-year-old British girl who disappeared from her bedroom during a family holiday in But unlike the McCann case, Malaysian police ruled out foul play and concluded that Nora had left the chalet of her own accord during the night.
