Audrii Cunningham’s body has been found along the Trinity River after water levels were lowered, allowing detectives access.
Don Steven McDougal, 42, led investigators to the location earlier in the investigation. McDougal has now been charged with capital murder.
Don Steven McDougal has been a person of interest since the first 24 hours of Audrii Cunningham’s disappearance. He was arrested on an unrelated charge. In 2010, Don Steven McDougal was working in a local garage with Elic Bryan III.
Bryan says McDougal seemed like an OK guy, until one night when McDougal had too much to drink and Bryan had to kick him out of his house. McDougal left, briefly, and came back with a knife, slashing tires and trying to stab Bryan. Bryan had to get his gun to try to run a drunk McDougal off his property, but it took police with police dogs coming out to track him down and take McDougal to jail.
Don Steven McDougal admits he was supposed to take Audrii Cunningham to the bus stop but he has yet to tell investigators if she made it to the bus stop or not.
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Additional Guest
- Elic Bryan III – Assaulted by Don Steven McDougal in 2010
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[Feature Photo: Audrii/Polk County SO; McDougal/Montgomery County Jail]
