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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Amy Simonson, CNN

A family friend accused of killing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham was supposed to take the Texas girl to her school bus stop when they left her home in his vehicle nearly a week before authorities found her body in a river, according to court documents released Wednesday.A large rock was tied to her

Attendees are asked to bring candles and to wear purple in her honor.

After multiple days of searching and prayer vigils, Audrii Cunningham, an 11-year-old girl from Livingston, Texas, who went missing last Thursday after she was sent to catch the school bus with an adult male family friend has been found dead.

McDougal was seen at a mechanic shop near Highway 59 in Livingston when Audrii Cunningham went missing

A family friend of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham was being held on a capital murder charge

Family, friends, and members of the community will gather to remember 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham at a memorial Wednesday evening in Livingston.

Family and friends of Audrii Cunningham, the east Texas 11-year-old who was found dead after vanishing on the way to school, mourned her as a bright and friendly child during a Wednesday night vigil near the river where her body was recovered.

Court records reveal new details in the death of Audrii Cunningham whose body was recovered from the Trinity River Tuesday after a desperate six-day search.

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Amy Simonson, CNN