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

[scapa]

Probably best I keep my mouth shut in response to the family statement

I feel similarly. Poor Audrii.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I just see a grandma who is suffering what looks like a medical episode (?) and grandpa saying about what you'd expect.

Also agree if any case should be a DP case, it's a case like this one.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

On Thursday, Feb. 13, join us for "She was only 11: The Murder of Audrii Cunningham"

She was only 11: The murder of Audrii Cunningham | How to watch on KHOU 11+

Watch the KHOU 11+ Original on Audrii Cunningham’s tragic case and the push for change. Learn about the investigation, the plea deal and efforts to strengthen laws.

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[tlcya]

I just see a grandma who is suffering what looks like a medical episode (?) and grandpa saying about what you'd expect.

Also agree if any case should be a DP case, it's a case like this one.

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[PommyMommy]

FEB 15, 2025

Audrii Cunningham remembered one year after her death, Texas lawmakers consider bill in her honor

A lot has happened in the past year since Audrii Cunningham disappeared.

www.click2houston.com

McDougal was arrested and charged with indecency with a child in 2007 in Brazoria County. However, he pleaded the charge down to enticing a child, a third-degree felony, in which he wasn’t required to register as a sex offender.

Thanks to the help of Crime Stoppers of Houston, the family is working alongside State Rep. Trent Ashby to push ‘Audrii’s Law’ or HB 2000.

“Basically, the gist of the bill is anyone that’s convicted of an offense in which there’s a sexual element like a child grooming, which is what State Representative Ashby has filed will be now required to register as a sex offender,” said Andy Kahn of Crime Stoppers of Houston. “But the important thing is what can we do to prevent this from happening in the future and keep more Audrii Cunningham’s from happening and passing this law, Audrey’s law, will do that.”

 

[imstilla.grandma]

'Finding Audrii' premieres Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on KPRC 2

“When I got that image and I said, ‘By God, that’s her. I know it. I know it’s her, I know it’s her,’” said Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch.“When I got that image and I said, ‘By God, that’s her. I know it. I know it’s her, I know it’s her,’” said Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch.

KPRC 2 presents ‘Finding Audrii:’ A deep dive into Livingston’s missing girl case

'Finding Audrii' premieres Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on KPRC 2+

www.click2houston.com

 

[Ann-Tx]

Finding Audrii: A story of tragic loss and lasting legacy

On an unusually warm February in Livingston, Texas, Audrii Cunningham, an 11-year-old girl whose only fault was being too kind, was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a man who entered her life just a few years prior.

www.click2houston.com

KPRC - Houston, TX
Published: February 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Updated: February 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM

The full article/video is here. Click above.

 

[Ann-Tx]

https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/viewDetail.action?sid=05745658

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Inmate Search - Don Steven McDougal

 

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[arielilane]

Houston Crime Stoppers' Andy Kahan voices approval for "Audrii's Law" to Texas lawmakersPassed unanimously by the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Waiting for a hearing in the Senate This no-brainer of Bill should be unanimously supported

https://twitter.com/x/status/1905289925747941561

 

[Ann-Tx]

‘Audrii’s Law’ officially signed by Governor Abbott, set to take effect this fall

Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2000, known as Audrii’s Law, which mandates sex offender registration for child grooming offenses in Texas.

www.click2houston.com

KPRC --(NBC) - Houston, TX - Published: May 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM

Click on above for the article.

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Audrii’s Law will officially go into effect on Sept. 1.

 

[Eli9]

More people will have to register as sex offenders after new Texas law goes into effect

Audrii's Law adds child grooming to the list of crimes in Texas that require registration and mandates criminals register, regardless of a plea deal.

www.ksat.com

A new state law in Audrii’s name aimed at closing loopholes in cases like McDougal’s went into effect on Sept. 1.

The new law adds child grooming to the list of crimes that require registration and mandates criminals register regardless of a plea deal.

Advocates at centers like ChildSafe in San Antonio are applauding the law. They said it is crucial the community know about the different types and levels of child abuse.
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Audrii’s family isn’t stopping here. They said they want similar laws passed in every single state nationwide.

 

[SimplyCass]

Help me understand - I'm not seeing where Audrii's Law would have helped in this instance. "Enticing a child" has no sexual element to it. The Texas law mostly talks about trying to interfere with lawful custody of a child. Would that now be considered child grooming?

If he had pled guilty to the original charges of "attempted indecency with a child," he would have been on the S/O registry for sure.

His rap sheet for the past 15 years is insane, that alone should have put him away for decades, I just wish it happened before he could have harmed another person.

 

[Nancy Drew RN]

Help me understand - I'm not seeing where Audrii's Law would have helped in this instance. "Enticing a child" has no sexual element to it. The Texas law mostly talks about trying to interfere with lawful custody of a child. Would that now be considered child grooming?

If he had pled guilty to the original charges of "attempted indecency with a child," he would have been on the S/O registry for sure.

His rap sheet for the past 15 years is insane, that alone should have put him away for decades, I just wish it happened before he could have harmed another person.

I don't think child grooming was even (explicitly) against the law at the time he faced charges for the earlier offense. That law was passed in September 2023.