Balinese police will question dental clinic staff after an Australian university student who visited the Indonesian island to have work done on her teeth was found dead on the bathroom floor of her hotel room.
Forensics experts have revealed there were no signs of trauma on the body of 25-year-old Niamh Finneran Loader when she was discovered at the Kuta-Bali Famous Hotel on December 2.
Irish-born Ms Loader had reportedly gone to the popular holiday destination to have a bone graft and a fake tooth made but mystery surrounds how and when she died.
Kuta Police Chief Yogie Pramagita said his officers had inspected the room where Ms Loader had been staying and questioned at least seven people including hotel staff.
'We will question the representative from the dental treatment place,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
'We can't take the conclusion of this case only based on assumption. We should see the autopsy result first to find the cause of her death, so that we could take the conclusion about this case.'
Balinese police will question workers at a dental clinic after Australian university student Niamh Finneran Loader, who visited the Indonesian island to have work done on her teeth, was found dead on her hotel's bathroom floor
Ms Loader's body was found at the Kuta-Bali Famous Hotel on December 2. It took five days before it arrived at a separate hospital for forensic analysis
Indonesian forensic experts told Nine News they were stumped over why police did not take Ms Loader's remains to hospital until December 7 - five days after her body was found.
Dr Ida Bagus Puta Alit, head of forensics at Bali's Prof Ngoerah Hospital, told the TV network: 'We do not know where the body was before that, and why it was only taken to our hospital five days after the date of death.'
Family of the young woman were notified of her death several days prior to the body arriving at hospital. London-based relative Chloe Marie Loader posted about the shock passing to Facebook on December 3, four days before the body showed up.
'Yesterday we lost an incredible woman. I've woken up today and the reality has hit me, hard, that she's really gone,' Ms Loader wrote. 'No matter the physical distance between us, we've been so close all these years.
'From swings as kids, to clubbing as young adults, to watching dolphins in Australia, and all the chats in between - I'll always cherish all our special memories together forever.'
A family tribute to Niamh Loader posted to Facebook on December by a relative, confirming the Irish-born student died on December 2
However, a local police source told Daily Mail Australia Ms Loader was immediately rushed to the hospital near the hotel when she was found.
'The doctor found that she had already died once she arrived at the hospital,' the source said. The hospital then sent her body to the morgue, Dharma Yadnya, and it was then transferred to the hospital.
Dr Alit said a preliminary inspection was performed immediately upon the body arriving at hospital, but an autopsy was not conducted until December 13.
Doctors were now waiting on the results of pathology and toxicology tests, which could take a month.
Forensic specialist Dr Nola Margaret Gunawan confirmed to Nine it was unknown what happened in the five days after Ms Loader's death, but experts were continuing to perform a 'thorough examination'.
Her father Malcolm Loader told the West Australian his daughter was 'very happy' with the results of the 'minor' dental procedure she received.
'The police are currently investigating... we have no idea (of what caused her death) at this stage,' Mr Loader said.
TIMELINE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO NIAMH LOADER'S BODY
December 2: Niamh Loader, 25, is believed to have been found dead on this date at the Kuta-Bali Famous Hotel
December 3: Relative Chloe Marie Loader shares a heartbreaking tribute to Ms Loader on Facebook
December 7: Police finally bring Ms Loader's body to hospital and forensics experts begin a preliminary investigation
December 13: Forensics doctors begin an autopsy; news emerges of Ms Loader's death in Bali
Ms Loader's parents won't know the cause of her untimely death for several weeks or even months as police continue to investigate
It's understood Mr Loader and his wife Tina Finneran have hired lawyers and flown to Bali to bring their daughter's body back to Perth.
Friends have also set up a GoFundMe page to raise money as it's believed Ms Loader travelled with no insurance.
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to Daily Mail Australia it was 'providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian who died in Bali'.
'Owing to our privacy obligations, we are unable to provide further comment,' they added.
The West Australian first broke the news of Ms Loader's death on December 13, reporting that when she failed to board her flight home, her parents began to worry.
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that it is 'providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian who died in Bali'.
Staff at the hotel where she was staying later told her parents Ms Loader had booked a taxi to the international airport but never checked out the following day.
Her grief-stricken father told the publication his daughter had an 'amazing future ahead of her'.
Ms Loader was studying a masters degree in international relations and national security at the University of Western Australia.
She recently penned an insightful opinion piece in The Spectator calling for the Australian Government to ban facial recognition technology used in apps like TikTok.
Ms Loader was due to travel to the United States in February after the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation awarded her with an internship.
'We are shocked and saddened to hear of her passing,' a spokesman for the Foundation said. 'She was a very bright student.'
Ms Loader has been described as an 'intelligent and dedicated' student who immigrated to Perth from Ireland when she was a little girl.
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