State lawmakers approved the first vote on H.B. 2000 named after 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, who was brutally murdered by a man who was previously convicted of a sexual crime against a minor but didn't have to register as a sex offender.

The family of Audrii Cunningham, the slain 11-year-old Livingston girl, will testify in front of Texas state lawmakers as they push to change sex offender registry laws.

A proposed bill named after Audrii Cunningham aims to add child grooming to the list of crimes that would require a violator to register as a sex offender.

On an unusually warm February in Livingston, Texas, Audrii Cunningham, an 11-year-old girl whose only fault was being too kind, was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a man who entered her life just a few years prior.

'Finding Audrii' premieres Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on KPRC 2+

A lot has happened in the past year since Audrii Cunningham disappeared.

Audrii’s Law, introduced in Texas, aims to expand sex offender registry requirements to include individuals convicted of child grooming, inspired by the murder of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham by Don Steven McDougal, who avoided registry due to a legal loophole

Don Steven McDougal, charged with the capital murder of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, has accepted a plea deal resulting in a life sentence without parole.

A special hearing is scheduled to be held on Friday for the accused killer of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham.

A forensic portrait of Audrii Cunningham, the 11-year-old Polk County girl who was murdered in February, has been unveiled at Livingston Junior High.

Don Steven McDougal, indicted for the capital murder of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, was mistakenly reported as released by Texas VINE when he was actually transferred to Tyler County Jail for visitation purposes.

The accused killer of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham has been indicted in Polk County.

The family of Audrii Cunningham, the 11-year-old Livingston girl found dead in the Trinity River, says the man they let stay on their property lied to them while Audrii was missing.

The family of Audrii Cunningham, the 11-year-old Livingston girl murdered by a family friend, is now working to propose a law in her name.

Audrii Cunningham's family sat down with KPRC 2 for the nearly hour-long interview, where they talked about Audrii’s life, who she was, what she liked to do and who she wanted to be.

The father of Audrii Cunningham along with her grandmother have released a statement after her body was found in the Trinity River on Tuesday.

Livingston Independent School District Superintendent Brent Hawkins announced Thursday that a scholarship will be named in memory of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham.

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.

Six months before Steven McDougal was charged with capital murder in 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham’s death, court documents show he was accused of stabbing a man in Livingston. Attorney David Feldman represents the victim. He said it all started in August when a woman knocked on his client’s door.

The Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office has released 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham’s cause of death.

The search and outcome of 11-year old Audrii Cunningham’s case has been heartbreaking for family, friends and the community but it can also have a lasting impact on the emergency responders and volunteers who spent days trying to find her.

Don Steven McDougal is no stranger to jail.

Those who have kids in the Livingston Independent School district might be interested in a refresher on what the district’s bus safety policies are.

Officials say 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham died from homicidal violence that included blunt head trauma.

he Livingston community will be remembering Audrii Cunnigham on Wednesday in the wake of her tragic death.

Authorities said a person of interest in the disappearance of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham was arrested Friday on an unrelated charge.

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 last week.

The five-day search for missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham ended Tuesday when her body was found in the Trinity River. The Polk County Sheriff's office says they're building a capital murder case against the prime suspect in her death, Don Steven McDougal.

It’s important for parents to take charge of what their children are hearing when it comes to tragic deaths like Audrii’s.

Divers have recovered the body of an 11-year-old girl from a Texas river days after she went missing, and authorities say they are preparing to file a murder charge against a friend of the girl's father.

The body of missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, the Livingston girl at center of an AMBER Alert, has been found in Trinity River on Tuesday.

Audrii Cunningham hasn’t been seen since Thursday morning, and investigators said 42-year-old Don Steven McDougal is likely the last person who saw her that day.

Investigators in Audrii Cunningham’s disappearance have zeroed in on a person of interest who has spent time in prison for enticing a child, a third degree felony, after being indicted by a Brazoria County grand jury for attempted indecency with a child.

KPRC 2, KPRC 2+, and click2houston.com sent out a form to all area school districts. We wanted to know districts’ policies for notifying a parent/guardian when a child is absent from school.

It is now day four of the search for missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham from Livingston.

A prayer service is being held Sunday for Audrii Cunningham, an 11-year-old girl from Livingston who’s been missing since Thursday.

Authorities said a person of interest in the disappearance of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham was arrested Friday on an unrelated charge.

The mother of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, whose disappearance Thursday prompted the issuance of an Amber Alert, shared what she knew about the search for her daughter Friday.

Officials with Livingston Police are actively searching for an 11-year-old girl last seen at her home Thursday morning.