Body Of Missing 11-Year-Old Girl Found After Arrest Of Dad's Pal

This lacking individuals case led to probably the most horrible method.

Audrii Cunningham was final seen by her household on the morning of Thursday, February 15, on her method to faculty. However, she by no means made it onto the bus. Authorities in and round Livingston, Texas, the place her father lives, mobilized to attempt to discover the 11-year-old.

Unfortunately their investigation led them not straight to the little woman — however to an individual of curiosity. Don Steven McDougal, a buddy of Audrii’s father, lives in a camper behind the home the place the Cunninghams reside and reportedly had provided to stroll Audrii to the bus cease that morning. He was arrested on an unrelated aggravated assault cost Friday. Turns out McDougal has an in depth prison historical past, in line with the Texas Department of Public Safety — together with a 2008 cost of engaging a minor.

Don Steven McDougal Texas Department of Public Safety — Don Steven McDougal. / (c) Texas Department of Public Safety – Southeast Texas Region

Using McDougal’s statements, in addition to different sources, regulation enforcement have been finally capable of finding Audrii shortly. Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons informed reporters in a press convention Tuesday that regulation enforcement had the outflow of a reservoir of the Trinity River slowed, and when the water lowered the 11-year-old’s physique may lastly be seen.

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The medical expert is at present working to find out her explanation for demise. However, some factors are already clear to authorities. Polk County DA Shelly Bush-Sitton informed reporters a capital homicide cost is being ready for McDougal.

So terrible. R.I.P. Audrii. Be cautious who you let watch your children, y’all.