Malaysian rescuers looking for missing London teenager Nora Anne Quoirin have today played tear-jerking recordings of her mother’s voice on loudspeakers in the jungle as the search enters its fifth day.
The 15-year-old’s mother Meabh has recorded a message saying ‘Nora darling, Nora I love you, Mum is here’, which is being broadcast into the forest in the hope of luring her out.
Forest trackers are also calling out Nora’s name as they comb the dense trees for any sign of the 15-year-old who vanished from her holiday resort on Sunday.
Hundreds of people have been searching through the night, Interpol is now involved and a helicopter and drones have been deployed but no trace of her has yet been found.
Police are also examining unknown fingerprints which were found at the Malaysian jungle cottage where she disappeared, adding to the family’s fears that she was abducted.
Today authorities revealed pictures of an open window on the ground floor of the cottage, saying they were sure that Nora had left through it.
Search operation: Members of The People’s Volunteer Corps in Malaysia scour the jungle today for any trace of 15-year-old Nora Anne Quoirin from London
Forest search: One of the hundreds of rescue team members combs the dense Malaysian forest on Thursday for the girl who went missing on Sunday
Nora Quoirin is pictured (right) with her mother Maebh whose voice has been recorded and broadcast into the jungle on loudspeakers in an effort to find the missing teenager
A window (seen at the back) in the resort cottage’s living room was left open, police have said as they investigate how Nora disappeared from the accommodation where she was staying with her family
Nora Quoirin ‘could only have left her cottage through an open window’
Nora Quoirin could only have left the resort cottage through an open window on the ground floor, Malaysian police believe.
Authorities today released pictures of the cottage’s living room and the open window where unknown fingerprints were discovered.
The window is fairly narrow but police believe Nora could have squeezed through.
The open ground-floor window that Nora may have left through
‘Only the glass window exit was used. We are certain about this, a police officer told Malaysian media today, citing the work of a forensic police team.
Police are now investigating whether the fingerprints could belong to an outsider as Nora’s family fears that she was abducted from the cottage.
Whether the window could have been opened from the outside remains unclear.
Another window in the bedroom upstairs, where the girl was sleeping with her two siblings, was kept shut.
Malaysian police say they believe the girl is still in the area of jungle where the search is focused.
Today the search team used the recording of the girl’s mother calling her name in the hope that a familiar voice might draw out the timid youngster if she is in the jungle.
District police chief Nor Marzukee Besar said rescuers are using recordings of her mother’s voice ‘as if the family is calling her’ and playing them over loudspeakers.
‘We still believe this missing person is still within our search vicinity,’ he told reporters.
Her family say it would be extremely unusual for the reserved youngster to have wandered off on her own.
While officially treating it as a missing person case, police say they have not ruled out any other possibilities.
‘We would like to use voice recordings of her mother and use loudspeakers to call her out, whether it’s Anne or Nora or whichever name the missing person is familiar with, or even use her siblings’ voices,’ the police chief said.
‘This is another method that we will try,’ he told a news conference, adding it has been used before in other cases.
Voices of other family members have also been recorded and will be used in the search.
Members of the Senoi Praq, a special police team made up of indigenous tribes with forest tracking skills, are searching the forest surrounding the Dusun eco-resort.
The trackers shouted ‘Nora!’ as they waded through the hilly forest terrain today.
Investigators have questioned 20 people so far and said a forensic team was analysing the fingerprints found in the cottage.
Nora Quoirin, 15, (pictured left) went missing from her bedroom on Sunday morning while on a family holiday at a nature resort in Seremban, Malaysia. Pictured on the right is a map of the resort from where she disappeared
A member of the Malaysian rescue team holds a radio to communicate with his fellow searchers today as the hunt for Nora enters a fifth day
Police have released these pictures of the window which they say was left open at the holiday resort cottage
A window in the living hall downstairs was apparently left open, although not the one in the bedroom where the girl was sleeping with her two siblings.
Malaysian police have today released pictures of the living room and window, saying that the opening was big enough for a person to squeeze through.
‘Only the glass window exit was used. We are certain about this, a police officer told Malaysian media today, citing the work of a forensic police team.
The fingerprints were found at the open window downstairs, while her parents were in another room upstairs when she disappeared.
Police have received the laboratory results of fingerprint samples taken from the accommodation.
Investigations are still ongoing to work out who the prints belong to and whether they could be those of an outsider or criminal.
A Malaysian rescue worker speaks to his colleagues as they prepare to resume the search for Nora Quoirin on Thursday
Members of the Senoi Praaq unit from the Royal Malaysian Police (right), Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department personel (second right), Malaysia Civil Defence Force officers (second) and the People’s Volunteer Corps are assisting the search
A member of the Malaysian rescue team crosses a river during the fifth day of the search and rescue operation
A Police K9 unit team conducts a search and rescue operation with sniffer dogs as the search enters its fifth day on Thursday
A map shows the Dusun Resort near Seremban in Malaysia where Nora disappeared on Sunday
It remains unclear whether it was possible to open the window from outside the property. Those running the 12-acre resort previously said this could have been the case.
The 15-year-old, who is from a French-Irish family and has learning and developmental disabilities, arrived for a two-week stay with her family on Saturday.
A helicopter with thermal imaging equipment is being deployed in the search, joining the 267 people already involved in the hunt for Nora.
Divers have also been sent to search rivers, on the theory that she could head downhill to try and find water.
Two drones and sniffer dogs have also been deployed in the huge search operation, while rescuers were also seen praying for the girl’s safety.
However, sniffer dogs initially lost the scent for Nora just 100 yards from the eco-lodge bungalow where she vanished on Sunday morning.
Police are treating her as a missing person and initially said there was no sign of foul play, but do not rule out a possible criminal element in her disappearance.
Malaysian authorities are also said to be in contact with Interpol as they probe the mystery disappearance, and pictures of her have been distributed to police elsewhere in Malaysia.
One of the rescuers hops from stone to stone across a pool of water during a huge search for the missing London girl
A Senoi Praaq member, from the Royal Malaysian Police, speaks on a radio during the search for 15-year-old Nora Quoirin from London
Forest trackers are calling out Nora’s name as they comb the dense forest for any sign of the 15-year-old who vanished from her holiday resort on Sunday
The local police chief Nor Marzukee Besar (centre) speaks to reporters as the search for Nora enters a fifth day today
A Royal Malaysian Police officer points to a map showing the search and rescue operation area
Nora’s bedroom inside the Sora apartment at the Dusun Resort in Seremban, Malaysia, where she was sleeping with her siblings
The Dusun is a small resort located next to a forest reserve about 40 miles south of Kuala Lumpur.
The resort’s management said in a Facebook post that its employees were ‘extremely distressed and worried’ about her disappearance and were assisting in the search.
The teenager’s family said yesterday they were ‘overwhelmed’ by the support they had received and remained ‘hopeful’ their daughter could be found.
‘This is extremely traumatic for the whole family. Meabh and Sebastien are devastated and too upset to speak themselves at this time,’ Nora’s aunt Eadaoin Agnew said, referring to the girl’s parents.
‘But we must remain hopeful. And we ask everyone to keep Nora in their thoughts, and to continue to support the ongoing search for her,’ she said.
‘Nora is still missing, and she is very vulnerable, and we need to do everything we can to bring her home.’
Her grandfather Sylvain Quoirin that she had gone in ‘extremely mysterious’ circumstances and was not in the habit of running off.
‘In the morning, the window was open and she had disappeared,’ Quoirin said from Venisy, in north-central France where he is the mayor.
‘After an 18-hour flight and a seven-hour time difference you would sleep soundly and not go for a stroll at night,’ he said.
Nora’s family has appealed for donations to assist the search and more than £60,000 has been raised so far, as well as a further €4,000 (£3,700) in a separate French collection.
France’s Ambassador to Malaysia Frederic Laplanche (centre) speaks with Malaysian police about the case today
The living room at the Sora apartment, where there was an open window. It is advertised as an orchard resort on the edge of the tropical rainforest
‘We are still hopeful’: The full statement issued by Nora’s family
‘Nora’s family wish to express their deepest gratitude for the Royal Malaysian Police force, the search and rescue teams, and emergency services, for all they have done for us in this difficult time.
‘We would like to thank our embassies, the local community, and the staff here at the hotel. And anyone else who has offered help to find Nora.
‘We also welcome the assistance of the French, British and Irish police.
Nora’s family giving their statement in a live TV broadcast yesterday. Pictured is her aunt (centre) and uncle Michael Agnew (right)
‘We are completely overwhelmed by the support we have received from all over the world.
‘This is extremely traumatic for the whole family. Meabh and Sebastien are devastated and too upset to speak themselves at this time.
‘We are extremely thankful to The Lucie Blackman Trust for their ongoing support.
‘They are handling all media enquiries for us and everything should be directed to them. Our family cannot face dealing with that at the moment.
‘But we must remain hopeful. And we ask everyone to keep Nora in their thoughts, and to continue to support the ongoing search for her.
‘Nora is still missing, and she is very vulnerable, and we need to do everything we can to bring her home.’
