The breakthrough in the yogurt shop murders cold case gave the victims’ families a sense of closure and a chance to reflect on those who helped them over the years.
Texas AG Ken Paxton's Cold Case unit links Robert Brashers to the 1991 yogurt shop murders, a breakthrough in the long-unsolved Austin case.
Austin police solved the 1991 "Yogurt Shop Murders" using advanced DNA technology, identifying Robert Eugene Brashers as the suspect.
New DNA testing, ballistics examinations and old-fashioned police work led authorities to link the crime scene to the killer after 34 years.
Four teenage girls were killed at an Austin yogurt shop in 1991, a crime that has haunted the city for decades.
Austin police partnered with genealogical experts who traced an unknown DNA sample found at the crime scene to Robert Eugene Brashers.
Police identified Robert Eugene Brashers as the suspect they believe killed four teenage girls in a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas, in 1991.
Four men spent years accused of those murders, but were eventually exonerated. The Travis County District Attorney apologized for their prosecution.
A new suspect has been identified in the 1991 Texas yogurt shop murders, now also linked by DNA to the 1998 killings of two Portageville women and other violent crimes across multiple states.
The breakthrough in the cold case gave the victims’ families a sense of closure and a chance to reflect on those who helped them over the years.
After more than a decade without leads, Austin police say they believe they have identified the man responsible for the yogurt shop murders of 1991 that left four Austin teens dead.