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Polk County, Tx - The Texas Department of Public Safety has identified Don Steven McDougal as the lone person of interest in the disappearance of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham of Livingston.

By Rosa Flores, Holly Yan, Steve Almasy, Raja Razek and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN

Don Steven McDougal, the last person seen with 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, arrested with a chilling criminal history, including a violent past, as a former victim recounts a terrifying knife attack.

Audrii Cunningham was last seen Thursday in Livingston. A person of interest in the case, Don Steven McDougal is among the persons of interest in the case.

Authorities provide additional details as the search for the missing 11-year-old, Audrii Cunningham, intensifies. Officials, including the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), held a press conference at the Polk County Judicial Center in Livingston on Monday,

First responders from several agencies have been searching Lake Livingston and the Trinity River to find Cunningham.

One of the 15 most polluted rivers in the United States of America runs through a huge chunk of Texas as it makes its way to the Gulf of Mexico.

The six-day search for missing Texas girl Audrii Cunningham, 11, has ended in tragedy as her body was found Tuesday near the Trinity River in Polk County. A cause of death is not yet known.

Audrii Cunningham's body was found Tuesday at the Trinity River near US-59, according to Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons.

Police believe that Don Steven McDougal, a family friend, was the last person to have seen the girl. He was arrested over the weekend on an unrelated charge.