The horrific murder of four teenage girls in an Austin yogurt shop has been solved after more than 30 years.

DNA evidence led investigators on Monday to identify Robert Eugene Brashers as the likely killer of Amy Ayers, 13, Eliza Thomas, 17, and sisters Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, ages 17 and 15.

“I’m full of gratitude, it has been so long, and all we ever wanted for this case was the truth,” said Barbara Wilson, the mother of Jennifer and Sarah.

Brasher killed himself during a 1999 standoff with law enforcement. His DNA was later linked to multiple murder and rape cases, including in South Carolina, Missouri, and Tennessee, from the 1990s.

“Austin lost its innocence the night those young souls became victims...Today was a long time coming,” Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said at a news

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