The search for a missing 11-year-old Texas girl is over and is now transitioning to a capital murder investigation after her body was recovered from the Trinity…
Man arrested Friday as a person of interest in the case is expected to be charged with capital murder, Polk County DA saysThe search for a missing 11-year-old Texas girl is over and is transitioning to a capital murder investigation after her body was recovered from the Trinity River on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, after searching for the missing girl for five days, Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons said the girl's body was found in the Trinity River, underneath the U.S. 59 bridge about nine miles south of Livingston and about 10 miles downstream from the Lake Livingston dam. Authorities on Friday arrested McDougal on suspicion of aggravated assault, in what police said was an unrelated incident.
Lyons and Polk County District Attorney Shelly Sitton were both reluctant to share any other details about how Cunningham's body was located or what may have led to her death, due to the ongoing investigation.Sitton said Tuesday afternoon that McDougal is expected to be charged with capital murder in the death of Audrii Cunningham. She said if the evidence in the case supports pursuing the death penalty as a punishment, they would do that.
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