Franco-Irish girl Nora Quoirin’s family mourns ‘unbearable’ loss as autopsy performed in Malaysia
- Missing teen’s body was found in ravine in rainforest after 10-day hunt involving hundreds of people, helicopters and sniffer dogs
Malaysian authorities on Wednesday conducted a postmortem examination on the body of a Franco-Irish teen found in the jungle after she disappeared from a resort, as her family mourned the “unbearable” loss.
The unclothed body of Nora Quoirin, 15, was discovered on Tuesday in a ravine in dense rainforest after a 10-day hunt involving hundreds of people, helicopters and sniffer dogs.
She went missing 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 her disappearance as a missing persons case.
Her body was airlifted by helicopter out of the ravine about 2.5km (1.5 miles) from the resort. It was then transported to hospital and identified by her relatives.