{"id":121846,"date":"2024-02-22T11:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/audrii-cunninghams-mother-says-she-failed-11-year-old-murder-victim-by-leaving-her-in-fathers-care\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:30:49","slug":"audrii-cunninghams-mother-says-she-failed-11-year-old-murder-victim-by-leaving-her-in-fathers-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/audrii-cunninghams-mother-says-she-failed-11-year-old-murder-victim-by-leaving-her-in-fathers-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Audrii Cunningham&#8217;s Mother Says She &#8216;Failed&#8217; 11-Year-Old Murder Victim &#8211; By Leaving Her In Father&#8217;s Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The mom of <strong>Audrii Cunningham<\/strong> appears like she \u201cfailed\u201d her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019ve reported, the 11-year-old lady \u2014 who had been residing together with her father,<strong> Joshua Cunningham<\/strong>, in Livingston, Texas \u2014 was <a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/missing-11-year-old-girl-audrii-cunningham-dead-body-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported lacking<\/a> after she by no means made it to high school on February 15. An enormous seek for Audrii started. And authorities instantly had been led to an individual of curiosity within the case, a person named <strong>Don Steven McDougal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>McDougal had been a pal of the younger lady\u2019s father. He lived in a trailer behind the Cunninghams and typically watched Audrii, together with bringing her to her bus cease. Mind you, this man had a previous felony document, together with a cost of attractive a minor in 2008. Oh yeah, and a swastika tattoo. And the dad not solely let him round his younger daughter, he would depart him <em>alone<\/em> together with her at occasions. What the f**ok.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/kansas-city-super-bowl-parade-shooting-suspects-dominic-miller-charged-lyndell-mays-murder-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Two Young Adults Charged With Murder In Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the day she disappeared, Don introduced her to the bus cease \u2014 making him the final particular person to see her alive. Eventually, he was arrested on an unrelated cost. But between his statements, cellphone information, and surveillance footage, police had been lastly capable of <a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/audrii-cunningham-murder-new-details-don-steven-mcdougal-arrest-rope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discover Audrii\u2019s lifeless physique<\/a> within the Trinity River. Absolutely heartbreaking. Charging paperwork revealed the kid had been found tied to a big rock on the backside of the river with a rope. That rope matched one seen in Don\u2019s \u201cvehicle on a traffic stop\u201d days earlier than. The 42-year-old has since been <a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/audrii-cunningham-murder-don-steven-mcdougal-charged-mugshot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged with capital homicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Audrii\u2019s household is devastated by all the pieces that has occurred, particularly her mom. She fully regrets leaving her toddler within the care of her father now. Before Audrii was discovered lifeless,<strong> Cassie Matthews<\/strong> took to <strong>Facebook<\/strong> to say in an emotional publish that she \u201cfailed\u201d her daughter. Per\u00a0<em>DailyMail.com<\/em>, the mother wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll make this clear one time and one time only, I failed my daughter by being bullied into submission by her father\u2019s family and being made to believe she was in a safe, loving, and normal home with her father.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And clearly, Audrii had not been. Cassie went on to make it clear she didn&#8217;t lose custody of her child because of failed drug assessments \u2014 a rumor she accused Joshua of spreading. She insisted she has \u201cnothing to hide\u201d and slammed others for \u201cspreading bulls**t\u201d on-line amid this troublesome time:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat is my daughter and I never lost any rights to her so as her parent I\u2019m going to involve myself in anything I please concerning my child! I\u2019m tired of all the bulls**t and I\u2019m tired of being silent, scared, and once again bullied into submission by people I don\u2019t f**king know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We can&#8217;t think about the ache and heartache Cassie should be experiencing after dropping Audrii. Our hearts exit to her as she mourns.<\/p>\n<p><i>If you could have honest trigger to suspect youngster abuse, name the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childhelp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>www.childhelp.org<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y2wrq-6CzW4?si=HivoFSKR-yzdJd6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC 7 Chicago\/YouTube,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polkcountyso.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=704517368523724&amp;set=pb.100068964017284.-2207520000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The mom of Audrii Cunningham appears like she \u201cfailed\u201d her daughter. As we\u2019ve reported, the 11-year-old lady \u2014 who had been residing together with her father, Joshua Cunningham, in Livingston, Texas \u2014 was reported lacking after she by no means made it to high school on February 15. An enormous seek for Audrii started. 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