The Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Mazlan Mansor this evening said the police are certain that a body of a female found in the jungle area near The Dusun resort, was missing Irish teen, Nora Anne Quoirin,15.
He added she was found completely naked without any clothes on her.
“We have reasonable information to say that must be her. We are very certain it is Nora,” he said at a press conference at the Pantai police station.
“Resembles Nora but we are yet to confirm with the family.
“The body was found in a stream inside a ravine… she was completely naked,” he added.
He also confirmed that the rescuers had used a police helicopter to winch the body and the deceased will be brought to the Seremban hospital for a post mortem.
“The family will also go to the hospital now for official confirmation on the body,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mazlan further explained the location where the body was found was merely 2.5km from The Dusun resort.
“I went to the fringes around the area…where she was found. The stream was about 1.2km deep in the ravine,” he said.
He also confirmed the search and rescue team have covered the area in their operations before this.
He however said it was too soon to ascertain how many days the body was at the location where it was found.
He said the case is still classified as missing person for now.
He also confirmed a group of volunteers during the search and rescue came across the body after they were tipped off by an individual in the area.
Police did not divulge further on the man who is said to have tipped off the volunteer, saying he will call for another press conference soon. – MMO
Earlier reports:
Aug 13, Helicopter to Retrieve Body Found in Swamp Believed to Be of Missing Irish Teen
Aug 13, Body Found in Hunt for Missing Irish Teen, Parents Brought to Scene
Aug 13, Search for Nora Enters 10th Day
Aug 13, Quoirin Family Offers RM50K Reward for Info on Nora
Aug 13, Police from England, France, Ireland Help in Probe into Missing Teen Case
Aug 11, SAR for Nora: Ops Team Gets Time Off for Aidiladha Prayers
Aug 10, SAR for Missing Irish Teen: Wet Weather Proves a Challenge for Search Teams
Aug 10, Nora Extremely Excited About Holiday in Malaysia
Aug 9, Missing Irish Teen: CID Team Checks Phone Logs, Email Exchanges Made from Resort
Aug 9, Footprints Believed to Be That of Nora’s Found
Aug 8, Police: Only Exit Used in Missing Irish Teen Case Was Glass Window
Aug 8, Police to Use Mum’s Voice to Draw out Missing Irish Teen in Day 5 of SAR
Aug 8, Quoirin Family Incensed at Media’s Overture
Aug 8, Crowdfund for Missing Irish Teen Hits £50,000 Target
Aug 7, Police Insist Missing Irish Teen Still in Jungle, but Orang Asli Community Claim Otherwise
Aug 7, Family Insists Irish Teen Was Taken
Aug 7, Search and Rescue for Irish Teen Extended to Surrounding Hills and Creeks
Aug 7, Stepping Up Searching for MissingIrish Teen
Aug 6, Search for Missing Irish Teen GoesDown to River
Aug 5, Negeri Sembilan Police in StatewideSearch for Missing 15-Year-Old Special Needs Irish Girl