Girl's body found 6 days after 11-year-old went missing in Texas

LIVINGSTON, Texas -- Investigators said Tuesday that they person recovered the assemblage of an 11-year-old Texas miss who went missing past week erstwhile she missed her autobus to school.

Audrii Cunningham was past seen connected the greeting of Feb. 15 adjacent her father's location successful Livingston, Texas, astatine astir 7 a.m., according to authorities. She did not instrumentality her autobus to schoolhouse that morning.

Her assemblage was discovered adjacent the Trinity River, according to Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons

"My bosom aches with this news," helium told reporters.

Lyons said that the aesculapian examiner is moving to find the girl's origin of death.

A statewide Amber Alert was issued connected Feb. 15.

Don Steven McDougal, a person of Audrii's father, was named by investigators arsenic a idiosyncratic of interest. McDougal, who lives successful a camper located down Audrii's house, allegedly promised to instrumentality Audrii to her autobus halt and was the past idiosyncratic to spot her, according to Lyons.

Lyons said determination had been reports that McDougal had dropped the miss disconnected astatine the autobus halt successful the past.

McDougal was arrested connected an unrelated aggravated battle complaint Friday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. He has an extended transgression history, including enticing a insignificant successful 2008.

Polk County, Texas District Attorney Shelly Bush-Sitton told reporters that an apprehension warrant is being prepared against McDougal and helium volition beryllium charged with superior murder.

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