DNA analyst Nor Aidora Saedon, who is the sixth person to testify in the death of French-Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin, told a local court today that no foreign DNA was found on the deceased’s body.
The 47-year-old had cited findings from a series of swab tests on the 15-year-old’s body after she was found naked in a jungle stream in August last year. DNA samples were also taken from one of her family members.
“From my analyses, we could not find any foreign DNA on Nora Anne,” she told coroner Maimoonah Aid at the Seremban Court Complex.
“No foreign DNA was found from the swabs taken in intimate areas inside the body, which suggested that there is no penetration,” she said, noting that penetration evidence is generally well-preserved inside a body.
When asked what she meant by foreign DNA, she said: “Any foreign DNA on her body, either from swab, fingernail, or hair, taken by the pathologist that does not belong to Nora Anne.”
Nor Aidora is from the Forensic Division of the National Department of Chemistry and is among 64 witnesses taking the stand in the inquest into the disappearance and death of the teenager in the Seremban rainforest. Quoirin, along with her parents and two siblings, had checked into The Dusun eco-resort for a two-week vacation. She was reported missing a day after they arrived, and found dead nine days later.
During today’s inquest, Nor Aidora also assured the court that the DNA samples were kept safe in her custody during the process of DNA profiling.
“During the entire process of analyses, the (DNA) exhibits were always in my custody, and when analyses were not held, the exhibits were kept in a locked, cool room,” she said.
The inquest is scheduled to end on Friday. A police chief and the resort owner were among those who have already testified.
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