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Texas Monthly True Crime: The Problem With Erik

How Police Finally Solved Austin's Most Notorious Cold Case

Texas Monthly True Crime: The Problem With Erik

Texas Monthly

True Crime

4.76.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

With news of a break in the notorious Austin cold case of the "yogurt shop murders," we're sharing this episode of Texas Monthly's weekly subscriber-only podcast "TM Out Loud." Here, staff writer Michael Hall—who first covered the case in 2001—talks with host Katy Vine about the significance of this new DNA evidence.

Read more in Michael Hall's 2001 story about the case, "Under the Gun"https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/under-the-gun/

To hear more "TM Out Loud," and get early access to Texas Monthly podcasts plus exclusive bonus episodes, become a Texas Monthly Audio subscriber at texasmonthly.com/audio.

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0:00.0

Texas Monthly.

0:07.0

Hi, it's Katie Vine, the host of The Problem with Eric. Because you follow Texas Monthly's true crime audio storytelling, I wanted to share the latest episode of another podcast I host for the magazine.

0:24.5

It's called TM Out Loud, and every week on the show, we take listeners behind the scenes of a major news story in Texas Monthly.

0:32.5

This week, we're talking about a big break in a notorious Texas cold case, the 1991 yogurt shop murders

0:39.2

in Austin. After 34 years, authorities just announced a DNA match they say finally points

0:46.2

to a killer. TM Out Loud is usually exclusive to Texas Monthly audio subscribers, but we're

0:51.8

sharing this one with you now. If you want to hear more, consider becoming a subscriber.

0:56.6

You'll get a new episode of TM Out Loud every week, plus bonus episodes and early access

1:01.3

to other new narrative podcasts.

1:03.6

Visit texasmonthly.com slash audio to sign up.

1:09.2

So, Mike, you were at Austin City Hall this morning for the press conference.

1:13.9

I was watching it online.

1:16.3

It seemed very intense.

1:18.0

Can you lay out the latest developments?

1:20.1

What were they saying happened?

1:21.3

Yeah, so it was in the big room at City Hall, it was jam-packed.

1:27.9

There were more than 100 people in there.

1:30.0

A bunch of cops, a bunch of city officials, the mayor.

1:33.8

I didn't realize how many people had worked on this over the last 10 years.

1:39.4

I mean, there were people from South Carolina, Kentucky, Texas Rangers. There were a lot of guys with cowboy hats.

1:47.9

And I imagine a bunch of people who were retired now. Yeah. Right? Who used to work on it and

1:52.0

worked on it for... Exactly. There were cops in the audience who had worked on the case. And then

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