Medical examiners confirmed Audrii Cunningham, a missing 11-year-old Texas girl whose body was found in a river, was killed by blunt trauma to the head.

An autopsy determined that Audriis manner of death was classified as a homicide and caused by homicidal violence, Harris County Medical Examiners Office confirmed to local news outlet KHOU 11 News .

The 11-year-old was reported missing on Feb. 15 after her absence from school. Don Steven McDougal, a family friend, was named a person of interest following the girls disappearance and was taken into custody on an unrelated assault charge.