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This episode explores the disappearance and unsolved death of Nóra Quoirin, highlighting the family's fight against the narrative of her wandering off alone.

In 2019, 15-year-old French-Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin disappeared from a rainforest resort in Malaysia while on holiday with her family. What followed was a devastating search, a disputed investigation, and a family’s fight to challenge the idea that their vulnerable daughter simply wandered into the jungle alone. This episode was written, produced and hosted by Jenny Claffey, with research by Karl O'Reilly Sources Teenager Disappears Into Jungle at Night While on Vacation with Family | Nora Quoirin Case Analysis — YouTube Nóra Quoirin: Cause of death not yet established — RTÉ What happened to Nora Quoirin? — The Week Nóra Quoirin’s family sue Malaysian holiday resort — IrishCentral Holoprosencephaly — NCBI / PMC Malaysia says no one involved in death of British teen Nora Quoirin in resort — The Standard The mysterious death of Nora Quoirin — The ASEAN Post Defence filed in civil suit about Nóra Quoirin’s disappearance and death — Changing Times Father says he heard “muffled noise” before teen girl vanished in Malaysia jungle — CBS News No foreign DNA found in or on body, govt chemist testifies in Nora Anne Quoirin inquest — Malay Mail A year after Nóra Quoirin’s body was…

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