Found Deceased 11-year-old Livingston, TX Girl - Audrii Cunningham - *ARREST* #2

[Niner]

@PommyMommy - anything new? Any court dates yet? TIA!

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[PommyMommy]

@PommyMommy - anything new? Any court dates yet? TIA!

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It hasn't changed at all. Still showing New Years Day 2026...

Court Events
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Event Date and Time Jan 01, 2026 09:00 AM CST
Event Status Scheduled
Event Type Hearing
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Event Date and Time Jan 01, 2025 09:00 AM CST
Event Status Cancelled
Event Type Arraignment

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[Niner]

It hasn't changed at all. Still showing New Years Day 2026...

Court Events
1
Event Date and Time Jan 01, 2026 09:00 AM CST
Event Status Scheduled
Event Type Hearing
2
Event Date and Time Jan 01, 2025 09:00 AM CST
Event Status Cancelled
Event Type Arraignment

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Well - darn.... okay - I shall try again - maybe in a month or so! Again - Thanks!

 

[Tbone144]

Special hearing to be held Friday for accused killer of Polk County 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham

A special hearing is scheduled to be held on Friday for the accused killer of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham.

www.click2houston.com

Special hearing this morning. Anyone have any way to watch? Heard rumblings on FB hopefully the news will keep us updated.

 

[Leilei]

Special hearing to be held Friday for accused killer of Polk County 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham

A special hearing is scheduled to be held on Friday for the accused killer of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham.

www.click2houston.com

Special hearing this morning. Anyone have any way to watch? Heard rumblings on FB hopefully the news will keep us updated.

I saw that, too. I'm thinking it's either a plea, or it has to do with the charges that aren't related to Audrii, maybe? Looking for a live link.
IMO.

 

[tlcya]

So a "special" hearing is taking place today but no information has been provided about what the hearing is about aside form it pertains to the case (duh). What the heck is going on here? officials say more information will be provided after the hearing is over.

This guy better not be getting some sort of sweet plea deal. He doesn't really have anything to bargain with, her body was recovered, the minor victim is dead and therefore won't have to testify to his aberrant actions. Unless he plans to offer evidence the child's family members knew what he was up or he is going to testify he was part of a larger predator ring and give them up to LE to I can't imagine anything he has to offer that would warrant any plea deal. JMO

 

[Leilei]

So a "special" hearing is taking place today but no information has been provided about what the hearing is about aside form it pertains to the case (duh). What the heck is going on here? officials say more information will be provided after the hearing is over.

This guy better not be getting some sort of sweet plea deal. He doesn't really have anything to bargain with, her body was recovered, the minor victim is dead and therefore won't have to testify to his aberrant actions. Unless he plans to offer evidence the child's family members knew what he was up or he is going to testify he was part of a larger predator ring and give them up to LE to I can't imagine anything he has to offer that would warrant any plea deal. JMO

Plus he led them to her poor little body, didn't he??
If there is a larger ring, well, I wouldn't be surprised AT ALL.
LWOP is the only thing he should be getting, if he's not getting the DP.
He's a danger to society.
IMO.

 

[Niner]

Since I can not access the article - do not know if it has the time in there.

Friday, January 17th:
*Special Hearing (@ am CT) - TX - Audrii Danielle Cunningham (11) missing 2/15/24 & last seen near her resident in the 100 block of Lakeside Drive in Livingston @ 7am. Was issued an Amber Alert. Audrii should have caught the school bus at her neighborhood bus stop, however, school officials reported to the Sheriff's Office that the school bus did not pick Audrri up, nor did she report to school. Don Steven McDougal is the man who supposedly dropped Audrii off at the bus stop. Now a POI (2/17/24). Audrii was found near the area around US-59 & the Trinity River Bridge on Feb. 20, 2024. - *Don Steven McDougal (42/now 43) arrested (2/16/24-regarding assault charges), arraigned & charged (2/21/24) & indicted (4/23/24) with 2 counts of capital murder (2/20/24), aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (on 2/16/24) & bond surrender-assault causing bodily injury (3/27/24). Held without bond (murder). $500K Surety Bond (assault). $3K Surety Bond (assault-surrender). Was in Polk County jail moved (6/12/24) to Tyler County jail. NO plea entered yet. DA will seek the DP (8/8/24). Polk County/NOW Tyler County
411th Judicial District Court Judge John Wells III presiding. Polk County DA Shelley Bush-Sitton. Defense attorney Chad Etheridge.
Case & Court info from 2/16/24 thru 8/8/24 reference post #600 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...irl-audrii-cunningham-arrest-2.704941/page-30
8/21/24 Update: No info on motions hearing. Next status hearing on 10/2/24 @ 8am. 10/4/24 Update: Status hearing on 10/2/24 was cancelled.
11/28/24 Docket update: Court site has 1/1/25 arraignment hearing cancelled & a hearing on 1/1/26 @ 9am.
1/17/25 Update: Special hearing on 1/17/25.

 

[Niner]

Plus he led them to her poor little body, didn't he??
If there is a larger ring, well, I wouldn't be surprised AT ALL.
LWOP is the only thing he should be getting, if he's not getting the DP.
He's a danger to society.
IMO.

Yes the DA is seeking the DP in this case per my notes.

 

[Leilei]

He accepted a plea deal - LWOP.

‘Rot in hell:’ Audrii Cunningham’s family shares incendiary words to killer before accepting plea deal

Don Steven McDougal, charged with the capital murder of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, has accepted a plea deal resulting in a life sentence without parole.

www.click2houston.com

 

[Tbone144]

Gage Goulding KPRC2

#BreakingNews: Don Steven McDougal has admitted to killing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham in Livingston, TX last February. He accepted a plea deal where he will spend the rest of his life in prison,...

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Plea deal has been accepted. Life without parole.

 

[Tbone144]

He accepted a plea deal - LWOP.

‘Rot in hell:’ Audrii Cunningham’s family shares incendiary words to killer before accepting plea deal

Don Steven McDougal, charged with the capital murder of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, has accepted a plea deal resulting in a life sentence without parole.

www.click2houston.com

Funny how much they value their own lives but not the lives of others.

 

[tlcya]

Funny how much they value their own lives but not the lives of others.

isn't it tho

 

[iamshadow21]

Gage Goulding KPRC2

#BreakingNews: Don Steven McDougal has admitted to killing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham in Livingston, TX last February. He accepted a plea deal where he will spend the rest of his life in prison,...

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Plea deal has been accepted. Life without parole.

Good enough for me. I hope he hates every minute of it.

 

[Leilei]

Apparently some of Audrii's family made statements this morning.
I'm interested in finding out who. There is no love lost between some of poor Audrii's family members, and it's always made me sad that she had to deal with that during her short life.
IMO.

 

[tlcya]

I hope he makes lots of new "friends" in his new accommodations. I hope his every day is a nightmare he cannot escape.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

According to the Polk County District Attorney's Office, McDougal wouldn't have been eligible for the death penalty due to documented intellectual and developmental disabilities

Justice for Audrii: Life sentence handed down in tragic 2024 murder case

Don Steven McDougal was sentenced to life for killing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham last year. He accepted a plea deal that allowed him to avoid the death penalty.

www.12newsnow.com

 

[Niner]

Apparently some of Audrii's family made statements this morning.
I'm interested in finding out who. There is no love lost between some of poor Audrii's family members, and it's always made me sad that she had to deal with that during her short life.
IMO.

During the emotional hearing, Audrii’s family members delivered emotional, yet incendiary, victim impact statements, addressing McDougal directly & expressing the profound pain & loss they have endured since Audrii’s death. Audrii’s father, Josh Cunningham, Julie, Audrii’s aunt, Tabitha Munsch, Audrii’s grandmother & Philip Munsch, Audrii’s grandfather.

There is an article above where I could access it - and it had what each one said.

 

[iamshadow21]

According to the Polk County District Attorney's Office, McDougal wouldn't have been eligible for the death penalty due to documented intellectual and developmental disabilities

Justice for Audrii: Life sentence handed down in tragic 2024 murder case

Don Steven McDougal was sentenced to life for killing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham last year. He accepted a plea deal that allowed him to avoid the death penalty.

www.12newsnow.com

Then LWOP was always the maximum possible.

He's where he needs to be, and whoever actually cared about this girl is spared the trauma of a trial and then decades of appeals if he was convicted.

This is much neater.

MOO

 

[Tbone144]

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