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Malaysian rescuers found footprints believed to belong to a 15-year-old London girl who went missing in a dense jungle during a family vacation — as recordings of her mother’s voice were played to try to draw her out.

Nora Quoirin, who has learning disabilities, was nowhere to be found early Sunday when her parents awoke at the Dusun eco-resort near Kuala Lumpur.

“Nora darling, Nora, Nora, Mummy’s here,” the voice of mom Meabh Quoirin rang out through loudspeakers.

Authorities believe the teen climbed out through a window that was left open and are treating her as a missing person — but they have not ruled out a possible criminal element in her disappearance.

Her family believes Nora has been abducted because she wouldn’t have wandered off on her own.

Deputy police chief Che Zakaria Othman earlier said police have received the lab test results of fingerprint samples taken from the family’s accommodation.

Investigators are still trying to identify whom the fingerprints belong to, according to the Mirror.

State Fire and Rescue Department director Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said rescue teams are optimistic that the girl will soon be found alive and that the operation would also focus on hills in the jungle because she could be hiding behind trees or rocks.

A Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department officer participates in a search and rescue operation for 15-year-old Nora Quoirin.EPAA Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department officer participates in a search and rescue operation for 15-year-old Nora Quoirin.EPA

More than 260 people are involved in the search, which also includes drones, canines and indigenous trackers.

Nora’s parents are an Irish-French couple who have lived in London for about 20 years, according to the Lucie Blackman Trust, a British charity that supports people involved in crises overseas.

The charity put up an “urgent appeal” for assistance.

“We urgently need flyers printed to distribute in and around Kuala Lumpur,” it wrote in a Facebook post on Friday.

The family also has launched crowdfunding efforts to enable more relatives to travel to Malaysia to join the search.

In an appeal on GoFundMe.com, the family said Nora’s disabilities made her especially vulnerable and they fear for her safety.

“Nora would not know how to get help and would never leave her family voluntarily,” the statement says.

“More family members are travelling to Malaysia to participate in the search and rescue effort and would appreciate donations to cover any unforeseen expenses or charges incurred in the process,” it added.

More than 1,600 people had donated almost $90,000 in four days.

Nora arrived with her family on Saturday for a two-week stay at the small resort located in a durian orchard next to a forest reserve some 40 miles south of Kuala Lumpur.

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