At 2 PM, residents saw the girl's body floating on the lake surface and reported it to authorities for retrieval. A few days prior, the girl had lost contact with her family, and relatives had searched numerous locations without success.

The lake where the girl's body was discovered. Photo: Hung Le.

Bay Mau is a regulating lake situated within a residential area. It was formerly part of Nam Ha Ward (in the old Ha Tinh City) and is now located in Thanh Sen Ward, with a water depth exceeding 4 m.

According to authorities, the girl was a first-grade student at Nam Ha Primary School. She came from difficult family circumstances, and her parents had separated.

Duc Hung