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S3 Ep351: Austin’s Yogurt Shop Murders | 34 Years Later - New Break In the Case!

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4.89.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The brutal 1991 killing of four teenage girls at an Austin, Texas frozen-yogurt shop have taken a turn after advanced DNA testing identified a new suspect: Robert Eugene Brashers, a known serial killer who died in 1999. These killings were referred to as the Yogurt Shop Murders for decades, with many in the true crime scene and beyond waiting for a resolution in the case.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone. Welcome back to Crime Weekly News. I'm Derek Lavasar.

0:17.0

And I'm Stephanie Harlow.

0:18.4

And this week, we're heading back to Austin, Texas to revisit one of the most haunting

0:22.6

cases in the city's history, the yogurt shop murders.

0:26.4

On a December night in 1991, four teenage girls were found bound, shot, and left inside

0:31.5

a burning yogurt shop.

0:33.2

The brutality of the crime shocked the community, and for more than three decades, investigators

0:37.9

have been trying to uncover who was really responsible.

0:41.3

Over the years, there have been arrests, overturned convictions, and endless theories, but no justice.

0:47.1

Now, after more than 30 years, there have been some new developments in the case that could

0:51.2

finally help move things forward.

0:53.5

So let's talk about what's changed and what it

0:55.4

could mean for one of Austin's most infamous unsolved murders. Yeah, so I actually covered the yogurt

1:01.4

shop murders in three parts on my channel in 2020. Yeah, we never covered it. We got requests for it,

1:06.6

but never covered it. We did. When these new updates came out, I was getting inundated with

1:10.6

messages. People are like, did you hear? Did you hear? Yes, I did. We did. When these new updates came out, I was getting inundated with messages. People

1:11.7

are like, did you hear? Did you hear? Yes, I did. And they wanted us to talk about it. So that's

1:16.3

what we're doing. So for those who are not familiar with the case, I'm going to give you a quick

1:20.8

breakdown. On December 6th, 1991 in Austin, Texas, a fire was reported at a frozen yogurt shop. The frozen yogurt shop was

1:29.1

called, I can't believe it's yogurt. And this shop was located in a strip mall on West Anderson Lane in

1:34.8

Austin. When firefighters entered the building, they discovered the bodies of four teenage girls,

1:40.8

13-year-old Amy Ayers, 17-year-old Eliza Thomas, 17-year-old Jennifer Harbison, and her younger sister, 15-year-old Sarah Harbison.

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