By Associated Press - Monday, March 2, 2015

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Police say a 3-year-old Lansing girl is making a good recovery after suffering critical hypothermia when she got stuck overnight outside her family’s apartment.

Capt. Daryl Green said Monday that the girl “is still hospitalized and listed in stable condition.”

Green says in a statement that a family member “reports the child is recovering well” but says the family wants to keep other information private.



Police say a relative found the girl on a sidewalk in front of the apartment complex about 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The temperature was The temperature was 5 degrees at the time.

Police say investigators think the girl got out of bed, opened the outer door of the family’s apartment and went outside. He said she apparently couldn’t re-enter through the locked door.

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