Voices for Justice is a podcast that uses adult language and discusses sensitive and potentially triggering topics, including violence, abuse, and murder.

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All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Some names have been changed or omitted per their request or for safety

purposes. Listener discretion is advised. My name is Sarah Turney, and this is Voices for Justice.

Today, I am covering a case from 1991 that absolutely shook Austin, Texas to its core,

when Sergeant John Jones got the call that the I Can't Believe its yogurt shop was on fire,

and soon discovered the bodies of four teenage girls inside.

Their cases were collectively coined the yogurt shop

murders, and it's one of the most notorious and puzzling cases from Austin to this day.

These cases are complicated and tragic. There is a large list of witnesses and a large list of suspects. There's a lot of bad police work,

there are multiple confessions, overturned convictions, and DNA that still needs further testing.

But most importantly, there are four victims and three families that have been waiting a long

time for justice. This is going to be a very

detailed deep dive being told in multiple parts. So let's get into it because we have a lot to cover.

The four victims in this case are 17-year-old Jennifer Harbison, her 15-year-old sister Sarah Harbison,

17-year-old Eliza Thomas, and the youngest,

13-year-old Amy Ayers. Let's start with some background on the victims, beginning with Sarah and Jennifer Harbison. Their parents, Mike and Barbara, were high school sweethearts, and they later married.

They were originally from New Boston in East, Texas, near the Arkansashearts and they later married. They were originally from New Boston

in East Texas near the Arkansas border, but they later settled in Austin so Mike could enroll

in divinity courses to pursue his graduate degree. The deal was that Mike would go back to school

while Barbara worked. And once he graduated, they would all move back to New Boston. But Barbara really liked

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