Are 2 never-identified customers key to solving yogurt shop murders?
Summary
Four teenage girls were murdered in an Austin, Texas yogurt shop in 1991. After years without a resolution, DNA evidence in 2025 linked a deceased serial killer to the crime, leading to the exoneration and $35 million settlement for four men wrongfully accused.Key Facts
- The murders happened on December 6, 1991, at an "I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!" shop in Austin.
- Four girls, ages 13 to 17, were gagged, tied up, shot, and the shop was set on fire.
- At the time, two unidentified men were seen in the shop but never found.
- Four men were arrested years later but were eventually cleared after new DNA testing in 2025.
- Robert Eugene Brashers, a known serial killer and rapist who is now deceased, was identified through DNA as the suspect.
- On February 19, 2026, a judge officially declared the four accused men innocent.
- The City of Austin agreed to pay the wrongfully accused men a total of $35 million in May 2026.
- The case remained unsolved for more than 30 years and was revisited multiple times as new evidence and technology emerged.
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