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Polk County Sheriff's OfficeThe cause of death of the 11-year-old Texas girl whose body was found in a river after going missing days earlier on her way to school has been revealed.Audrii Cunningham died from “homicidal violence,” the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed in a report seen by The Daily Beast.The report adds Cunningham's cause of death included “blunt head trauma” and added the manner of death was a homicide. No further details were provided on the nature of Cunni

An Amber Alert was issued for Audrii, who lived in Livingston, Texas, after she did not board the school bus on February 15 and was absent from school.

KPRC 2 has obtained an audio recording of the Polk County Sheriff, appearing to admit the ball was dropped in a previous criminal investigation involving Audrii’s suspected killer, Don Steven McDougal.

Audrii Cunningham, the Texas 11-year-old who investigators say was killed by a family friend, died from “homicidal violence including blunt head trauma

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Sara Smart, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN