MsFacetious
What a Kerfuffle...
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I'm really interested in the local communities - I studied Social Anthropology at University, and I'd like to know more about their customs and attitudes towards "strangers". Presumably they were used to tourists at the Dunsun nearby, but how many "foreigners" visited? Could someone have tried to help Nora and is now scared to come forward because they don't trust the police?
Our attitudes towards foreigners are no different from any other country local community. We would think, "oh that person is tall" or "oh its a foreigners".
And Dusun resort are pretty famous among foreigner and malaysian, as vacation spot due its nature and hiking track.
Also, this would be our first time to receive "missing people" report more than 5 days. Usually, they would be founded after getting lost for 1 or 2 days.
Pardon for my english.
Come on, 'muddy ground could feel nice'.I'm really interested in the local communities - I studied Social Anthropology at University, and I'd like to know more about their customs and attitudes towards "strangers". Presumably they were used to tourists at the Dunsun nearby, but how many "foreigners" visited? Could someone have tried to help Nora and is now scared to come forward because they don't trust the police?
Barefoot? If Nora left in a panic or drawn to something, would she have noticed being barefoot initially? If the ground was muddy this could feel really nice under foot, but in this case surely footprints would've been found, either of Nora, or her "abductor"?
I wish we knew more about Nora's level of communication.
Because Malaysia forest at night are very noisy. Especially when you stay in the middle of thick-forest.
Disclaimer: i am not blaming anyone.
I’m curious about why people do not suspect it was a/the parent(s). Typically that is our first theory and it’s most often correct. Given that a stranger abduction is incredibly rare, why does that seem to be the theory here?<snipped by Amonet>
But that just makes it more confusing. Wouldn’t it have gotten even louder inside the house when she suddenly opened the window?
A postmortem to determine Nora Quoirin’s cause of death was scheduled for 10am this morning. Police are due to update media at 5pm. Criminal investigators have been at the area where her body was found and the results will inform what they do next
But that just makes it more confusing. Wouldn’t it have gotten even louder inside the house when she suddenly opened the window?
Have you been toMalaysia?
Kids are missing on holidays in Greece (Ben Needham), Portugal (Madeleine McCann), Aruba ... etc etc but that didn’t destroy tourism. Tunisia and Malaysia may be both classified as 3rd world but culturally and infact geographically super different, let alone people’s attitude to tourism. Malaysia also has other sources of income (and oil too) and not subsisting solely on tourism to try and cover up crimes committed on foreign nationals , just to preserve it. Of course, any country would not want to damage its reputation, so I guess that’s what the Malaysians are striving for. MOO
I thought we deduced the balcony area is open and no windows there so the entire property is open from the balcony?
Family of Nora Quoirin will not demand criminal investigation
I don’t understand this report. If the family was adamant right from the start that “a crime has been committed”, as the father was screaming at 8am upon the discovery of nina being missing, why not demand a criminal investigation?
Also, it took them 5 days to explain Nora’s brain condition. When she was first missing, she was described as having mild learning difficulty. They should have spoken about her rate condition sooner so all alarms would be rung.
Rest in peace Nora.
To say anyone is xenophobic is a massive dramatisation of what is being said. Common sense will tell you that no country, especially one that relies on tourism funds so much, will want a child holidaymaker murder on their hands. It’s for that very reason plus lack of ANY evidence that they grasped onto the missing person tag for so long, no one would want to cause a knee jerk reaction unnecessarily, especially when eyes from Britain, Ireland and France are watching the case unfold.
Take Tunisia for eg, the ISIS attack in Sousse took the country to their knees, countries wouldn’t put flights on or offer holiday packages for a long time, countless hotels closed, thousands left unemployed, the place was barren because of that incident. It is fair to make judgment that there could be a possibility that the Malaysian government/police will want to keep this as under wraps as they can within reason, luckily there are representatives from various countries over there who will hopefully oversee proceedings.
IMO, and it’s only MO, I believe there are only 2 options in this case:
The first one being that Nora left the room herself, no one would be concerned about her making her way downstairs to use the bathroom, I believe she then left, got lost and ended up having a terrible accident.
If it turns out that there’s a form of foul play involved I do not believe that she was abducted from the room, they had only arrived that day, not enough time to allow a perpetrator to scope the situation, their habits etc. A perpetrator runs a massive risk of being caught when not prepared. I believe if some harm has came to Nora at the hands of someone else that this could only of happened when she was wandering about the forest unaccompanied and it was an opportunist situation.
Someone mentioned Alisha McFall earlier as a comparison - yes, she was taken from her grandparents home without anyone being alerted but remember, she was taken by a family friend (I use that term lightly), who knew the family dynamics and their routine, it wasn’t an opportunist abduction.
I agree with you! All these reports are also very confusing and misleading.I think there is a lot lost in translation, and I mean that literally and in terms of police investigation. Also, the family are in a strange country and dealing with the raw emotions of not knowing what happened to Nora. I presume the police were aware of her brain condition, did it matter that the world's media were not? I'm guessing so long as the people looking for her were aware of her special needs, that's what mattered.
I'm torn on the 8am "crime" call .... how do any of us know how we would react? Panic for sure, and you're somewhere strange and foreign, and you are certain you know your child well enough to know she would not simply walk off .... the window being open ... I think the "crime" call is a scream for help, for someone to realise the seriousness ... and remember, English isn't SQ's first language either ....
Here is a clear description plus images of the trail and carpark by the waterfall:
The Berembun Waterfall
Family of Nora Quoirin will not demand criminal investigation
I don’t understand this report. If the family was adamant right from the start that “a crime has been committed”, as the father was screaming at 8am upon the discovery of nina being missing, why not demand a criminal investigation?
Also, it took them 5 days to explain Nora’s brain condition. When she was first missing, she was described as having mild learning difficulty. They should have spoken about her rate condition sooner so all alarms would be rung.
Rest in peace Nora.