KUALA LUMPUR — The family of missing Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin has confirmed today that the body of a female found earlier on Tuesday (Aug 13) in the jungle area near The Dusun resort was of their daughter.

Negri Sembilan police chief Mohamad Mat Yusof announced this after her parents Sebastian and Meabh went in to identify the body at Tuanku Jaafar Hospital here at 7pm.

“The family confirmed that the body found is indeed missing Nora Anne. Both parents... the mother and father both confirmed it,” he said during a press conference outside the hospital mortuary.

“A post mortem will be done tomorrow morning. A senior pathologist from Kuala Lumpur will come to conduct the autopsy at 10am.

“We will inform the post mortem result tomorrow. Based on that we will decide if we need to investigate further... if we are not satisfied,” he added.

Mr Mohamad had earlier said that a public tip-off at 1.57pm regarding a body in the jungle around The Dusun resort led to the discovery.

Heavy police presence had occupied the area, with personnel from the K-9 unit, sexual crimes division, and forensics team present.

He added that the search and rescue operations will not be called off until the autopsy is done. 

“The search and rescue team will still be on standby... our team is still at the scene where the body was found,” he said. 

Nora, who was 15 years old, flew to Kuala Lumpur from London with her father and two siblings on August 4 for a two-week holiday. Her mother arrived separately from Singapore.

The family journeyed together to the upscale forest resort from the airport that Saturday.

Nora was found missing from her bedroom which she shared with her siblings at 8am the following day. MALAY MAIL