Audrii Cunningham has been missing since Thursday morning.
LIVINGSTON, Texas — Audrii Cunningham‘s body was found Tuesday at the Trinity River near US-59, according to Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons.
The body was found at the Trinity River near US-59. A medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
The Polk County District Attorney is in the process of preparing an arrest warrant for Don Steven McDougal, who was the person of interest in the disappearance of Audrii. He will face a capital murder charge. McDougal is already in jail after being arrested Friday on an unrelated aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge.
Audrii went missing on Thursday at about 6:45 a.m. An AMBER Alert was issued after she didn’t get off the school bus that day but investigators learned Audrii never made it on the bus that morning nor went to school.
Investigators believe the last person to see her was McDougal. McDougal is a family friend who lives in a camper behind the home where Audrii lived with her father and other family members, Lyons said in a news conference Monday.
McDougal admitted to leaving the house with Audrii on Thursday morning but would not tell investigators if she made it to the bus stop. Lyons said he would sometimes take Audrii to the bus stop or drive her to school if she missed the bus.
During the search for Audrii, the sheriff said there were occasions when McDougal worked with investigators and took them to certain locations, but he didn’t confess to anything.
This page is being updated as we learn more.
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