Investigators outlined how advanced DNA testing technology and a fresh look at old ballistics led them to identify Robert Eugene Brashers as the likely killer.
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.
Austin police partnered with genealogical experts who traced an unknown DNA sample found at the crime scene to Robert Eugene Brashers.
After more than three decades, Austin police investigators on Monday identified a dead serial killer as the man they believe is responsible for the unsolved 1991 quadruple murder at an Austin yogurt ...
Four teenage girls were killed at an Austin yogurt shop in 1991, a crime that has haunted the city for decades.
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.