{"id":2180131,"date":"2024-02-19T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missing-texas-girl-audrii-cunningham-11-last-seen-thursday\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T17:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:03:50","slug":"missing-texas-girl-audrii-cunningham-11-last-seen-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missing-texas-girl-audrii-cunningham-11-last-seen-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, from Texas, has been missing since Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmissing-texas-girl-audrii-cunningham-11-last-seen-thursday%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2180131&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Police Investigating\u200c Disappearance of\u200b 11-Year-Old Girl in Texas<\/h2>\n<p>Authorities\u200c in Texas are on a\u2064 mission \u200bto find\u200b an 11-year-old girl who vanished\u2064 while waiting for her school bus.\u200b Audrii Cunningham was last seen near her home in Livingston, \u200ba \u200csmall \u2062town in East Texas. Despite the expectation that she would board the bus, Audrii never made it to school.<\/p>\n<p>The county\u200d sheriff&#8217;s office revealed that Audrii was carrying a distinctive\u200d &#8220;Hello Kitty&#8221; backpack, which caught the attention of investigators. In\u2063 a surprising turn of events, a similar backpack was discovered near the Lake Livingston\u200c Dam, not far from Audrii&#8217;s residence.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Livingston, a massive reservoir providing water to Houston and\u2063 other cities in East Texas, has \u2064become a focal point in the search for Audrii. The authorities have\u2063 arrested\u2063 a person of interest, Don\u200b Steve McDougal, on\u2064 an \u200cunrelated assault charge. McDougal&#8217;s criminal history, which dates back to 2001, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-obama-appointed-judge-tanya-chutkan-to-recuse-from-2020-elections-case\/\" title=\"Trump requests recusal of Obama-appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan from 2020 elections case.\">includes charges related<\/a> to child enticement.<\/p>\n<p>Audrii&#8217;s mother, Cassie Matthews, suspects that McDougal, a friend of Audrii&#8217;s father, may have been involved \u2062in her \u200bdaughter&#8217;s disappearance. However, this connection has not been confirmed by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office \u200bis\u200d leading\u200d the investigation, with assistance from various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-owned-spyware-firms-blacklisted-by-us-commerce-department-over-national-security-risks\/\" title=\"US Commerce Department blacklists Israeli spyware firms due to national security risks.\">law enforcement\u2063 agencies<\/a> and local\u2063 fire departments. The \u200csituation has left Matthews devastated, describing her emotions as a \u200droller coaster of brokenness, anger, and emptiness.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2064you have any information \u2063about \u200bAudrii&#8217;s whereabouts,\u2062 please contact \u200cthe Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s office at 936-327-6810\u2063 or submit an anonymous tip \u2063on their website.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How \u200bhas Lake Livingston \u200bbecome a focal point in the search\u200d for the \u2063missing girl?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Police\u200c Investigating Disappearance\u2062 of 11-Year-Old \u200dGirl in Texas<\/p>\n<p>Authorities\u2063 in Texas are on \u2064a mission to find an 11-year-old girl who vanished while waiting \u200cfor \u200cher school bus. Audrii Cunningham was last seen near her\u2063 home in \u2062Livingston,\u2062 a small town \u2063in East\u200d Texas. Despite the expectation that she would\u200c board \u200bthe bus, Audrii never made it to school.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064county sheriff&#8217;s office revealed that Audrii was carrying\u2064 a distinctive &#8220;Hello Kitty&#8221; backpack, which caught the attention of investigators. \u200bIn a surprising\u200d turn of events,\u2063 a similar backpack was discovered near\u200b the Lake Livingston Dam, not far from Audrii&#8217;s residence.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Livingston, a massive reservoir providing water to Houston and other cities in East\u200c Texas, has become a focal point in the search for\u200c Audrii.\u200d The authorities \u2064have arrested a person of interest, Don Steve \u2062McDougal, on an unrelated assault charge. McDougal&#8217;s criminal history, which dates back to 2001, includes charges related to child enticement.<\/p>\n<p>Audrii&#8217;s mother, Cassie\u2063 Matthews, suspects that McDougal, a friend of Audrii&#8217;s father, may have been involved in her daughter&#8217;s\u2063 disappearance. However, this connection has not been confirmed\u2062 by the \u2064authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Polk County\u200b Sheriff&#8217;s Office \u2062is leading the investigation, with assistance from various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a> and local fire departments.\u2062 The situation has left Matthews devastated, describing\u200b her emotions as a roller coaster of brokenness, anger, and emptiness.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any information about Audrii&#8217;s whereabouts, please contact the Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s \u200coffice at 936-327-6810 or submit an anonymous tip\u2064 on their website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas police are searching for an 11-year-old girl, Audrii Cunningham, who vanished while waiting for her school bus in Livingston. Last seen at 7 a.m. near her home, authorities in Polk County, about 70 miles northeast of Houston, are actively investigating her disappearance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2666,"featured_media":2180132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6fa14e7bbd74116a3f390de61711393c.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2180131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6fa14e7bbd74116a3f390de61711393c.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2180131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2180131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2180132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2180131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2180131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2180131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}