Malaysian search teams bring in ‘cadaver dogs’ and shaman in desperate hunt for Nora Quoirin

The hunt for missing teen Nora Quoirin has involved the use of dogs trained in finding dead bodies and shaman, it emerged today.

As hopes of finding the missing 15-year-old fades, cadaver dogs roamed the dense jungle with their handlers.

And shaman, believed to be able to access spirits, have also joined the search as they entered a trance-like state during a ritual in a bid to find the teen. 

The hunt for missing teen Nora Quoirin has involved the use of dogs trained in finding dead bodies and shaman, it emerged today

The use of the specialist dogs comes as the largest number of search and rescue personnel continued to work in energy sapping hot and humid temperatures, hacking their way through the jungle vines and vegetation.

‘The cadaver dogs are used as well as sniffer dogs as there was no scent found of the girl in the first few days,’ said a member of the search team.

‘As of yet the dogs have not found anything and that is a good sign.

‘In the heat out here a body would be found sooner rather than later.’

Mail Online visited one of the command posts manned by members of the civil defence team.

Irish and French Nora, who has learning difficulties, went missing last week

Irish and French Nora, who has learning difficulties, went missing last week

The use of the specialist dogs comes as the largest number of search and rescue personnel so far used continued to work

The use of the specialist dogs comes as the largest number of search and rescue personnel so far used continued to work

Details of the teams of searchers were written on white boards along with the area they have been tasked to search.

A large map of the search area was pinned to a board with the names of all those involved written down.

Nearby, exhausted rescue teams who had worked through the night crashed out on camp bed while high-powered torches they had used were left re-charging.

One member of the civil defence team said she had been camping out for over a week since Nora was first reported missing.

The search teams are operating in groups of three and are each given a sector to cover.

Shaman, believed to be able to access spirits, have also joined the search as they entered a trance-like state during a ritual in a bid to find the teen

Shaman, believed to be able to access spirits, have also joined the search as they entered a trance-like state during a ritual in a bid to find the teen

Exhausted rescue teams worked through the night crashed out on camp bed while high-powered torches they had used were left re-charging

Exhausted rescue teams worked through the night crashed out on camp bed while high-powered torches they had used were left re-charging

With temperatures in the high 90s and high humidity the searchers are left physically exhausted making their way step by step through the thick jungle vegetation.

Police have not said how long they will continue to search but today 348 were involved.

The special needs teen has not been seen for nine days since disappearing from her holiday villa at an eco resort near the town of Seremban.

Fears over the safety of Nora, who has learning difficulties, have grown after it emerged she was barefoot at the time of her disappearance. 

She is understood to have left the villa with no shoes and only wearing a nightdress and while her parents believe she was abducted local police co-ordinating the search insist they are looking for a missing person.

Search crews looking for the 15-year-old have begun playing her mother´s voice in the dense Malaysian forest near where she disappeared (Handout/PA)

Search crews looking for the 15-year-old have begun playing her mother´s voice in the dense Malaysian forest near where she disappeared (Handout/PA)

A shaman participates in the search for the missing teen after she went missing from her eco-resort on August 4

A shaman participates in the search for the missing teen after she went missing from her eco-resort on August 4 

Known paedophiles have been interviewed and police visited the homes of 30 local people, but did not find any trace of the teen.

The National Crime Agency and Met Police have offered their support to the Malaysian authorities.

But a police source said there are no plans to fly detectives from London to join in the search.

‘It is purely support at the end of a phone, said a Met Police police source.

‘Officers will not be taken off the streets of London to go and search in the jungle.’

An officer from Ireland’s Garda police force is acting as a liaison with the family but is not involved in the search on the ground around the foothills of he Titiwangsa Mountains

Despite an intense police activity they have not found a single clue that points to what has happened to the ‘vulnerable’ teenager.

A Royal Malaysian Police officer points to a map showing the search and rescue operation area

A Royal Malaysian Police officer points to a map showing the search and rescue operation area

Meabh Quoirin (pictured with husband Sebastian) spoke over a loud speaker in the Malaysian jungle

Meabh Quoirin (pictured with husband Sebastian) spoke over a loud speaker in the Malaysian jungle 

Her parents Sebastien and Meabh say it is ‘unthinkable’ that she would wander off alone.

Nora was sleeping in the same room as her younger siblings and her parents were in a bedroom a few feet away.

They have told police they did not hear anything and there were no signs of a struggle.

The only clue to the teen’s disappearance was an open ground floor window, which police believe she climbed out and then wandered into the jungle.

One theory is that she woke up early jet lagged after her 12hour flight from London and, disorientated at being in a strange bedroom, got up and left.

Police have said there is no sign of any intruder entering the property.

Nora Quoirin, 15, (pictured) went missing from her bedroom on Sunday morning while on a family holiday at a nature resort in Seremban, Malaysia

A map of the resort from where she disappeared

Nora, 15, (pictured left) went missing from her bedroom on August 4 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 

They have not found any footprints inside the villa or forensic evidence to suggest an unknown person was inside.

The entire area around the villa where the family were staying is covered with soggy vegetation and the single-track road leading to the resort is covered with mud.

Had someone entered through the window and climbed a flight of stairs to an upstairs bedroom where Nora was sleeping it is assumed there would have been traces of mud on the floor.

It is because of the lack of evidence of any crime that police are treating the case as primarily that of a missing person.

Undated family handout photo of Meabh Quoirin with her daughter Nora who has gone missing while on holiday in Malaysia (PA / handout)

Undated family handout photo of Meabh Quoirin with her daughter Nora who has gone missing while on holiday in Malaysia (PA / handout)

Nora and her family arrived at the sprawling resort, located 39 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, last Saturday before she went to sleep beside her siblings in an upstairs bedroom. The Dusun resort is pictured above

Nora and her family arrived at the sprawling resort, located 39 miles south of Kuala Lumpur, last Saturday before she went to sleep beside her siblings in an upstairs bedroom. The Dusun resort is pictured above

Fears for Nora’s safety are compounded by her special needs.

She was born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder than affects brain development, which means she struggles with co-ordination.

As police are convinced they are dealing with a missing person rather than a crime they are concentrating their search in a 4km area around the Dusan eco resort.

Search teams and senior police were today given a morale-boosting visit by a senior Malaysian Government minister to boost morale.

Transport minister Loke Siew Fook also met privately with the Quoirin family to assure them authorities were doing everything possible to find their daughter.

The search teams included men from the General Operations Force’s 4th Battalion, Semenyih, 3rd Battalion Senoi Praaq unit; Fire and Rescue Department; Civil Defence Force; People’s Voluntary Corps (RELA); and Sarawak Forest Department as well as local residents.

Jungle survival experts say Nora could still be alive if she has been able to source water and take shelter.

But the environment she is lost in is also filled with threats from poisonous snakes and other insects and animals.

Nora, 15, went missing while on a holiday with her family in Malaysia. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lucie Blackman Trust intelligence on ops@lbtrust.org or +44 800 098 8485

Nora, 15, went missing while on a holiday with her family in Malaysia. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lucie Blackman Trust intelligence on ops@lbtrust.org or +44 800 098 8485

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