At around 1:40 PM on February 23, a 4-year-old girl named Tongtong disappeared from her home in the Qing Shan Village of the Yongzheng Subdistrict in Jinzhou District, Dalian, during the short time when her mother was away. Her relatives immediately posted messages online to search for the child. The police, villagers, and netizens from all over the country joined the search together. Tongtong's photo was reposted hundreds of thousands of times online. Perhaps due to the immense public pressure, Tongtong was found abandoned on the hill behind her house early on the morning of the 25th. At 10:08 AM on the 25th, the police discovered Tongtong who was frozen and turning purple.
The reporter learned that by the afternoon of the 26th, Tongtong’s vital signs had basically returned to normal, transitioning from deep coma to light coma. However, since she had been outside for a long time when she was found, with a body temperature of only 29.5°C and a heartbeat of just 30 beats per minute, excessive acid in her body led to acidosis. Prolonged unconsciousness may have caused damage to her heart and brain. Although her life was saved, the extent of the damage to her brain remains unclear. Meanwhile, the investigation into the case is ongoing.
Tongtong lived at the foot of a large mountain, with another building to the east that had been rented out to several families from other regions. The village only had one dirt road connecting it to the outside world. There were a few more households in front of Tongtong’s home. It was claimed that on the day Tongtong went missing, one household nearby also lost two quilts, almost simultaneously with Tongtong’s disappearance.
Tongtong’s family members recounted that on that afternoon, a neighboring household next to Tongtong's was moving. After they finished moving, there was still a pile of dry grass left. Another neighbor approached Tongtong’s mother, Ms. Wang, saying they would leave the pile of dry grass as firewood for her.
When Ms. Wang carried back the first load of dry grass, Tongtong was still playing on the bed. But when she returned with the second load, Tongtong was gone... The mother was outside for less than ten minutes when the 4-year-old girl disappeared without making any cries or sounds, and the dog at home did not make any noise either. "Although Tongtong is only 4 years old, she is very smart. She knows her parents' names and would never easily follow strangers," said Tongtong’s grandmother.
A man renting a house next to Ms. Wang’s said that on that day, he vaguely saw a white minivan quickly driving away on the nearby dirt road heading out of the village, which raised significant suspicion among the people.
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