A 20-month girl was found lying in her dead grandmother's arms in a home in Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province on September 27 and survived for probably seven days after her grandmother passed away, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported today.

Wang Lichun, 45, was left at home taking care of her granddaughter by herself after her husband, two sons and daughter-in-law moved to Changsha, a city over 1,000 km away, to work.

Xiao Kaiquan, the girl's father, said that from September 20, his mother stopped answering the phone. Tremendously worried, he and other family members rushed home on September 27 and were shocked to see the little girl lying with a decay corpse at the bathroom's door.

He said his mother had likely already been dead for seven days. Fortunately, the girl was found alive but starved and bony. She was taken to hospital on September 28 and was under intensive care. Xiao said that his daughter is still shocked from the ordeal.