Bodycam footage exhibits a deputy inform Don Steven McDougal “do not disrespect me like that”; Audrii’s household speaks out on arrest of “monster we thought was a pal.”

Newly-released bodycam footage from Polk County sheriff’s deputies trying to take away Don Steven McDougal from his cell for an arraignment exhibits the second he caught them off guard by being utterly bare underneath a blanket.

Within the video, as he pulled the blanket off his physique to rise up, the deputy may be heard exclaiming, “The place’s your garments?! Maintain on!”

“I ain’t obtained no garments,” McDougal responded, including, “I ain’t carrying no gown” after being advised to place his “smock” on.

“Effectively, come on out right here. No, no, man. Come on, man, do not disrespect me like that,” the deputy stated, as McDougal — lined in tattoos, together with considered one of a swastika — continued to refuse to put on the smock.

He was then advised to wrap himself in his blanket, earlier than a justice of the peace knowledgeable him he is going through a capital homicide cost. He then signed off on the cost, including he’ll be hiring his personal lawyer. That is the place the video ends.

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Authorities say McDougal was presupposed to drive 11-year-old Cunningham to her faculty bus cease on the day she vanished. Final Tuesday, every week after she went lacking, she was discovered with a big rock tied to her physique within the Trinity River outdoors Houston.

Cunningham’s household reported the lady lacking on February 15 after she didn’t come residence after faculty. Later they discovered she had by no means made it to her faculty bus on the morning of her disappearance. 42-year-old McDougal, who lived in a camper on the household’s property, had beforehand taken the lady to highschool, in response to Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons.

In an announcement, through FOX 26, Cunningham’s household stated her demise “occurred by the hands of a monster we thought was a pal.”

“We’re being attacked and criticized on social media platforms for exhibiting compassion and mercy to this previously incarcerated individual, however our interactions with this individual have been a results of our religion, which teaches us to present our fellow man a second probability,” they stated of McDougal, who had a previous conviction for engaging a baby.

“Sadly, the system failed us attributable to a loophole within the intercourse offender registration system. Don Steven McDougal had a historical past of disrespect for younger feminine kids, however it didn’t present up once we checked the registry earlier than permitting him to remain in an previous camper in our again yard whereas he tried to start out a brand new life,” added the household. “Had we been conscious of what we all know now, this man would by no means have set foot on our property, a lot much less been part of our little lady’s life.”

McDougal stays behind bars with out bond.

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