U.K. teen Nora Quoirin’s cause of death was due to an ulcer bleed after she got lost for days at a resort in Malaysia, said officials.
The 15-year-old London girl disappeared from the nature resort on Aug. 4, said Malaysian police on Thursday, as reported by The Associated Press. A post-mortem examination found that starvation and stress caused the internal bleeding that eventually killed her.
They also ruled that Quoirin was not abducted and found there was no foul play involved in her disappearance or death, the BBC reported.
Police said that she died two to three days before she was found.
Her unclothed body was found in an area that was previously searched by rescuers, officials also told the BBC.
Quoirin’s family said she was vulnerable as she suffered from holoprosencephaly, a disorder which affects brain development.
But her parents, Meabh and Sebastian, stated that they didn’t think she would have wandered off alone, fearing she had been kidnapped. Police told AP that they think she climbed through a window.
Negeri Sembilan state police chief Mohamad Mat Yusop issues a statement to the BBC.
“For the time being, there is no element of abduction or kidnapping,” he said. “The cause of death was upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal ulcer, complicated with perforation.”
Further analysis would be carried out after samples were taken, he added.
Mohamad said there were also bruises on the girl’s legs, but he said it wouldn’t cause her death, AP reported.
Her family had arrived in Malaysia for a two-week stay at the Dusun resort, located about 40 miles south of Kuala Lumpur.
Her body was discovered in a small stream about 1.6 miles from Dusun, Yahoo News reported.
“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 statement to AP.
In a statement, the resort where they were staying said it would “extend support and assistance in whatever way possible to the Quoirins during these very difficult times.”
“We deeply regret that this has happened to the Quoirins during their stay here,” the resort said.
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