French-Irish teen’s Malaysia death ruled ‘misadventure’
A French-Irish teenager with learning difficulties died by "misadventure" after disappearing in the Malaysian jungle on a family holiday and no one else was involved, a coroner ruled yesterday.
The mother of Nora Quoirin, watching proceedings online, bowed her head as the verdict was delivered, with the coroner also saying there was no sign the 15-year-old was murdered or sexually assaulted.
The teen's body was discovered after a massive hunt through the rainforest following her disappearance from a resort outside Kuala Lumpur in 2019.
Police insisted there was no foul play and an autopsy conducted in Malaysia found that she probably starved and died of internal bleeding after days in the jungle.
But her parents thought she was abducted, saying the teen would never have climbed out of the window of the chalet where they were staying in the dead of night, as authorities believe.
However, following an inquest in Malaysia, Coroner Maimoonah Aid ruled she died by "misadventure".
"After hearing all the relevant evidence, I rule that there was no one involved in the death of Nora Anne," she told a court in the city of Seremban.
"It is more probable than not that she died by misadventure."
The teen likely left the family accommodation "on her own and subsequently got lost," she said, handing down her ruling online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The schoolgirl's body was found in a stream in the jungle near the resort after a 10-day hunt that included hundreds of rescuers, helicopters and sniffer dogs.
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