Malaysian police say Nora Quoirin died from hunger, stress with no indication of abduction
- Quoirin’s family has said she was not independent and would not wander off alone as she had learning and physical disabilities
- Police believe she climbed outside through an open window but said they investigated all aspects including possible criminal elements
Negeri Sembilan state police chief Mohamad Mat Yusop said the autopsy found no evidence the teenager had been abducted or raped. She was estimated to have been dead for two or three days when her unclothed body was found, he said.
“For the time being, there is no element of abduction or kidnapping,” he told a news conference at the hospital morgue. “The cause of death was upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal ulcer, complicated with perforation … it could be due to a lack of food for a long period of time and due to prolonged stress.”
Mohamad said there were also some bruises on the girl’s legs, but wouldn’t cause her death.
Samples taken from her body will be sent to the chemistry department for further analysis, he said.
The girl’s family can take her body back to their country if they wished, he added.
Quoirin’s family has said she was not independent and would not wander off alone as she had learning and physical disabilities.
Police believe she climbed out through an open window in the living room of the cottage but said they investigated all aspects including possible criminal elements.
For the time being, there is no element of abduction or kidnapping.
The Paris prosecutor’s office on Wednesday said it has opened a preliminary investigation into the girl’s death, on potential charges of kidnapping and sequestration. The prosecutor’s office wouldn’t elaborate. French authorities often open such investigations when French citizens are victims or otherwise involved in suspected crimes abroad.
Quoirin’s family arrived on August 3 for a two-week stay at the Dusun, a small resort located in a durian orchard next to a forest reserve 63km south of Kuala Lumpur.
‘Unbearable’ loss: family mourns girl found dead in Malaysia
Her family on Wednesday thanked the more than 350 people who helped search for the girl and said that their hearts were broken.
“Nora is at the heart of our family. She is the truest, most precious girl and we love her infinitely. The cruelty of her being taken away is unbearable,” the family said in a brief statement issued by the Lucie Blackman Trust, a charity that helps families of Britons in crisis overseas.
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