AUSTIN, Texas – In a major breakthrough, police have identified a new suspect in the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders, a decades-old case that left four teenage girls dead and has long haunted the Texas capital.
Authorities announced on Friday that DNA testing has linked Robert Eugene Brashers to the brutal killings. Brashers, who died by suicide in 1999 during a standoff with law enforcement, had also been connected to multiple murders and sexual assaults in other states.
Austin Police described the discovery as a “significant breakthrough” in one of Texas’ most infamous cold cases. The revelation comes shortly after the release of HBO’s true-crime documentary “The Yogurt Shop Murders,” which renewed public interest in the case.
Despite the identification, the case remains open, with police planning a press conference on Monday to share further details.
The 1991 murders shocked Austin and the entire nation. Investigators spent decades pursuing thousands of leads, handling false confessions, and working through damaged evidence from the fire-destroyed crime scene. For years, the case symbolized the challenges of forensic investigation before the advent of modern DNA technology. READ MORE...
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