"The Austin Police Department announced on Friday that they have, through "a wide range of DNA testing," identified a suspect in the murders covered in HBO's The Yogurt Shop Murders. According to the Austin American-Statesman, Robert Eugene Brashers has now been connected to the crime. He had no other connection to Austin besides these murders. Brashers has also been linked to three other murders in the 90s, as well as the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in 1997."
"Firefighters discovered the bodies of Jennifer Harbison (17), Sarah Harbison (15), Eliza Thomas (17), and Amy Ayers (13) around midnight December 6, 1991 inside I Can't Believe It's Yogurt. They had been bound, gagged, and shot in the head. The yogurt shop had been set on fire, compromising forensic evidence. Four young men were arrested for the crime, one of whom was sentenced to death, before having his conviction overturned. Prosecutors dismissed the charges against the men in 2009 after DNA evidence excluded them."
The Austin Police Department identified Robert Eugene Brashers as a suspect in the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders through genetic genealogy and DNA testing. Brashers had no other connection to Austin, was linked to other 1990s killings and a 1997 sexual assault of a 14-year-old, and died by suicide in 1999 during a police standoff. Firefighters discovered four bound, gagged victims shot in the head inside I Can't Believe It's Yogurt on December 6, 1991; the shop was set on fire, compromising forensic evidence. Four young men were arrested, one was sentenced to death then overturned, and charges were dismissed in 2009 after DNA excluded them. The case received a multi-part HBO documentary and police state the investigation remains open.
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