Victim of 'Yogurt Shop Murders' Helped ID Her Suspected Killer 34 Years Later

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Jennifer Harbison, 17, her sister Sarah Harbison, 15, Eliza Thomas, 17, and Amy Ayers, 13, were killed at an Austin yogurt shop in 1991

The teens were bound, gagged, stripped nude and shot in the head — then the store was set on fire, making the crime scene difficult to process

Nearly 34 years later, DNA and ballistics evidence implicate suspected serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers, who died by suicide in 1999 and was also linked to violent crimes in Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee

For decades, the “Yogurt Shop Murders” — four teenage girls bound, gagged and killed in a brutal 1991 crime that baffled investigators — cast a shadow over Austin, Texas. Now, police say DNA and ballistics evidence point to a long-dead suspect with a violent past.

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