Thursday afternoon,  February 15, Audrii Cunningham doesn't arrive home at her ususal time. Family members look for her, assuming she became distracted during the walk home from the bus stop.  Panic sets in, then police are notified at 5:30pm and an Amber Alert is issued.  
Investigators start putting together a timeline of events. Police say Audrii was dropped off at her bus stop by her dad's friend, the man that lives behind their house, Don Steven McDougal.  As investigators retrace Audrii's footsteps, they find that  Audrii never made it to school. In fact, she didn't get on the bus.   Investigators ask for security video, from various security cameras in the area and develop of Vehicle of Interest, a dark blue, 2003, Chevrolet Suburban. They also have a Person of Interest, the last person known to be with Audrii Cunningham, Don Steven McDougal. 
McDougal is arrested and placed in the Polk County Jail. Not for the disappearance of Audrii Cunningham, but on an unrelated aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges. The public now finds out the McDougal has a criminal record dating back to 2001 for charges and in 2008. Authorities say he was convicted on a charge of enticing a child and was sentenced to 2 years. So far, investigators continue to seach areas around Lake Livingston where a backpack believed to be Audrii's was found.
 
Joining Nancy Grace Today: 

Lana Shadwick - Attorney, fmr. Harris county judge and prosecutor, Legal Analyst for Breitbart Texas. www.lanaShadwick.com, Facebook: @TXBoots
Dr. Bethany Marshall (Beverly Hills, CA), - Psychoanalyst www.drbethanymarshall.com/, Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive, appearing in the new show “Paris in Love” on Peacock 
Sheryl McCollum - Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Host of new podcast: Zone 7, Twitter: @ColdCaseTips 
Chris McDonough -  Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, Host of YouTube channel- ‘The Interview Room’, ColdCaseFoundation.org  
Karla Castillo  -  Anchor and Morning Executive Producer at KBTX News, kbtx.com, IG: @KBTXKarla, FB: @Karla Castillo KBTX  
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