Sheriff: ‘We Dropped the Ball’ Not Arresting Audrii Cunningham’s Accused Killer Last Fall

An audio recording leaked to KPRC reveals Texas Sheriff Byron Lyons suggesting that his department “dropped the ball” in not arresting Don Steven McDougal last fall on an assault charge before he allegedly kidnapped and killed 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham this week. McDougal, who lived in a trailer behind Cunningham’s father’s house, was arrested in the …