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False Confessions, No Evidence: Inside the Yogurt Shop Murders Miscarriage of Justice

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews

Tony Brueski

True Crime, News Commentary, News

4.2612 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

False Confessions, No Evidence: Inside the Yogurt Shop Murders Miscarriage of Justice

In this powerful segment of Hidden Killers Live, we continue watching the APD press conference and confront one of the most devastating truths about this case: the state prosecuted and convicted the wrong men.

Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen were convicted in 2001 and 2002, based on confessions taken after 18- and 5-hour interrogations respectively. No physical evidence tied them to the crime scene. They were convicted anyway. In 2009, DNA evidence excluded them—and charges were finally dropped. But the damage was already done. Springsteen had been sentenced to death. Scott to life.

We play back the portion of the press conference where Travis County DA Jose Garza publicly acknowledges their innocence—and we react to the gravity of what that admission means. This isn’t just about a late apology. This is about decades of institutional failure. It’s about tunnel vision, bad interrogation tactics, and a justice system that clung to a theory while DNA screamed “you’re wrong.”

We talk false confessions, prosecutorial overreach, and what real restitution should look like in cases like this—because you don’t just walk away from death row and go back to normal.

#YogurtShopMurders #FalseConfession #WrongfulConviction #MichaelScott #RobertSpringsteen #CoercedConfession #TravisCountyDA #JusticeReform #HiddenKillersLive #InnocenceAcknowledged

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewski, Stacey Cole and Todd Michaels.

0:08.3

Well, let's start getting into the yogurt shop murders where, you know, it would have been wonderful if, you know, some of these young ladies at the time, you know, had they had some sort of training, had there been some

0:21.8

sort of thought on their own self-defense, would it have ended that way? It's a fair question

0:28.1

to ask and to think about when we put our young people out there in the world. I'm going to

0:36.5

note this. We're going to have to change the front title on the first segment here.

0:41.5

We kind of went off topic a little bit.

0:45.0

Us?

0:45.6

Off topic?

0:46.5

I'll send an adjustment on that one.

0:48.7

But on this part, let's watch some of the press conference from yesterday,

0:54.0

and we'll break it down a little bit more about what was discussed and how, uh, But on this part, let's watch some of the press conference from yesterday,

1:02.9

and we'll break it down a little bit more about what was discussed and how they came to this conclusion after 34 years.

1:03.6

Let's watch.

1:13.6

Over three decades after a fearful crime took the lives of four teenage girls and changed Austin for her. Our hurts have heat.

1:16.6

They're still broken. Finally, we have an answer.

1:20.6

I'm joined today by our city manager, T.C. Broadnecks

1:24.6

and Deputy City Manager John Fortune. After 34 years, the Austin police

1:30.3

have made a significant breakthrough in this case. We now have evidence linking a specific

1:35.1

individual to this case, Robert Eugene Brasher's. The only, the only physical evidence located

1:42.8

at that scene has been matched to him.

1:46.1

Their commitment demonstrates the will to never give up, and what it means to seek justice and to seek truth.

1:53.4

And their work will have a ripple effect across this country when they assist with other investigations.

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