Audrii, 11, Dead in River, MOM SPEAKS OUT: Perp Naked in Court

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The man accused of killing Audrii Cunningham, 11, has his first court appearance in the nude. Don Steven McDougal is naked when an officer goes to his cell to take him before the Justice of the Peace. When told to put on clothes McDougal tells the police he doesn't have any. He's told to cover up with a blanket. As he stands before the judge, McDougal drops the blanket.

Cassie Matthews, Audrii's mom, joins Nancy Grace today to detail how she learned her daughter was missing, and how she felt learning that the man accused of killing Audrii was charged with sex crimes.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Cassie Matthews - Audrii's Mom
Lana Shadwick– Attorney, Former Harris County Judge and Prosecutor; Legal Analyst for Breitbart, Texas; Facebook: @TXBoots
Dr. Bethany Marshall – Psychoanalyst (Beverly Hills); Twitter: @DrBethanyLive/ Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall; Appearing in the new show, “Paris in Love” on Peacock
Chris McDonough – Director at the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective; Host of YouTube channel: “The Interview Room”
Joe Scott Morgan – Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, “Blood Beneath My Feet,” and Host: “Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;” Twitter/X: @JoScottForensic
Bob Price – Associate Editor and Sr. News Contributor for Breitbart Texas; X: @BobPriceBBTX/ FB: Bob.Price.Texas

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0:00.0	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
0:07.0	Nancy Grace. In the last hours, the freak that police say, attacked, murdered, and I believe molested.
0:28.0	A little 11 year old girl, Audrey Cunningham, refuses to put on a pair of pants to appear in front of the judge.
0:40.6	So if he's going to act like that to a judge with complete disdain and disrespect, how do you
0:48.1	think he treated an 11-year-old little girl behind closed doors. This guy had full access to the home of an
0:59.5	11 year old girl. A guy with a very lengthy rap sheet including boy this is like
1:07.4	putting perfume on the pig enticing a child another little girl.
1:13.0	He got into bed with her and wrestled off her underwear and PJs.
1:17.1	He had access to her home too, and now Audrey is dead. This guy, in the last hours we learn will not even put on his clothes to come
1:29.6	before a judge. This as we also learn, man this guy is he should win the Oscar because he
1:37.5	managed to put on quite the show going door to door knocking, saying, have you seen Audrey?
1:44.8	I'm looking for Audrey, knowing full well,
1:47.1	according to police, that he had murdered her
1:50.5	by blunt force trauma to her head.
1:55.8	Her pants found far away from her body
1:59.9	at the river's edge.
2:01.1	Her body tied to a rock by a rope and according to Tim Miller from
2:07.0	Equisarch her body was caught in an eddy just swirling round and round and round and round. round and round.
2:13.0	Yeah, him.
2:17.0	I'm Nancy Grace.
2:18.0	This is Crime Stories.
2:20.0	Thank you for being with us here at Crime Stories and on Series XM 111. Before I address McDougal
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