A 30-year-old Texas cold case has been solved.
Texas Investigators Announce a Suspect in the Austin Yogurt Shop Murders
Austin, Texas police announced Friday that the 1991 murders of four teenage girls at an Austin, Texas yogurt shop had been linked to career criminal Robert Eugene Brashers. Brashers committed suicide in 1999.
Police Say Brashers Has Been Linked to Multiple Crimes
According to Fox News, Robert Brashers was suspected of being a serial predator decades ago. In 1985, Brashers was convicted of attempted murder after shooting a woman in the head. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison but was released in 1989 after only serving three years.
The “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Yogurt” Murders
The attack took place on the night of December 6, 1991, in Austin, Texas. Four teenage girls, two employees and two sisters, were tied up, raped, and murdered in the shop before the bodies and the store were set on fire. The girls ranged in age from thirteen to seventeen. Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott were arrested and charged and convicted of the killings in 2001 and 2002. They were teenagers at the time of the murders. Their sentences were overturned due to a lack of a DNA match.
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