The French lawyer of the family of Nóra Quoirin has said that the family is determined to find out how she died.

A 15-year-old girl who disappeared from a jungle resort in Malaysia died of intestinal rupture as a result of starvation and stress, local police have said.

Nóra Quoirin’s parents should finally be given the postmortem results which will tell them how their daughter died.

There is something to-the-marrow about the unexpected death of a young person. Great tragedy arrives at an unexpected, impossible-to-anticipate moment, and is all the sharper for that. If that death — or deaths — occurs at what should be a time of happiness or celebration then the cleaving is all the deeper, the heartbreak probably ever lingering.

For more than a week, Nóra Quoirin’s parents have waited anxiously for news of their missing daughter — but this morning they hope to hear how their beloved 15-year-old girl died.

The 15-year-old’s body was identified by her family, hours after it was discovered following a large-scale search operation.

The 15-year-old’s body was identified by the Quoirin family today, hours after it was discovered following a large-scale search operation.

Around 90 rescue workers involved in the search for missing Irish teenager Nora Quoirin will today focus their efforts on the surrounding jungle and mountain area near the Dusan resort, where she was last seen.

Nóra, the 15-year-old daughter of an Irish-French couple that lives in London, was reported missing on Sunday, August 4.

The teenager has been missing in Malaysia for more than a week.

The parents of an Irish teenager missing for almost a week in Malaysia have thanked teams taking part in a widespread search operation.

Nóra, whose parents are Irish and French, has special needs and was last seen on Sunday morning south of Kuala Lumpur.

The family of the teenage girl who has gone missing in Malaysia has described the girl as "fun, funny, and extremely loving'' as they await news from authorities.

A voice recording of the mother of an Irish girl missing in Malaysia has been played in dense forest near where she disappeared on Sunday.

More than 160 personnel are now said to be searching for Nora Quoirin, who has been missing since Sunday.