调查人员周二表示，他们发现了一名11岁德克萨斯州女孩的尸体错过上周她错过了去学校的公共汽车。
根据当局的说法，奥德里·坎宁安最后一次被人看到是在2月15日早上7点左右，在她父亲位于德克萨斯州利文斯顿的家附近。那天早上她没有乘公共汽车去学校。
据波尔克县警长拜伦·莱昂斯称，她的尸体在三一河附近被发现。
“听到这个消息我很心痛，”他告诉记者。
莱昂斯说，法医正在努力确定女孩的死因。
全州范围内安珀警报于2月15日发布。
奥德里父亲的朋友唐·史蒂文·麦克杜格尔被调查人员列为关注对象。据莱昂斯说，麦克道戈尔住在奥德里家后面的露营车里，据称她答应带奥德里去她的公交车站，而且是最后一个见到她的人。
莱昂斯说，有报道称麦克道戈尔过去曾让女孩在公交车站下车。
根据德克萨斯州公共安全部的说法，麦克道戈尔周五因一项无关的严重袭击指控而被捕。他有广泛的犯罪史，包括2008年引诱一名未成年人。
德克萨斯州波尔克县地方检察官雪莉·布什-西顿告诉记者，正在准备对麦克道戈尔的逮捕令，他将被指控犯有谋杀罪。
莱昂斯说，调查人员从包括麦克道戈尔在内的几个来源收集信息，以确定女孩的具体位置。
警长说，调查人员联系了三一河管理局，以减缓附近水库的水流速度，搜寻队也看到了奥德里的尸体。
Missing 11-year-old's body found in Texas river: Police
Investigators said Tuesday that they have found the body of an 11-year-old Texas girl who wentmissinglast week when she missed her bus to school.
Audrii Cunningham was last seen on the morning of Feb. 15 near her father's home in Livingston, Texas, at about 7 a.m., according to authorities. She did not take her bus to school that morning.
Her body was discovered near the Trinity River, according to Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons.
"My heart aches with this news," he told reporters.
Lyons said that the medical examiner is working to determine the girl's cause of death.
A statewideAmber Alertwas issued on Feb. 15.
Don Steven McDougal, a friend of Audrii's father, was named by investigators as a person of interest. McDougal, who lives in a camper located behind Audrii's house, allegedly promised to take Audrii to her bus stop and was the last person to see her, according to Lyons.
Lyons said there had been reports that McDougal had dropped the girl off at the bus stop in the past.
McDougal was arrested on an unrelated aggravated assault charge Friday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. He has an extensive criminal history, including enticing a minor in 2008.
Polk County, Texas District Attorney Shelly Bush-Sitton told reporters that an arrest warrant is being prepared against McDougal and he will be charged with capital murder.
Lyons said investigators worked off information from several sources, including McDougal, to pinpoint locations where the girl would be.
The investigators contacted Trinity River Authority to slow the water outflow from the nearby reservoir, and Audrii's body became visible to search teams, the sheriff said.
