Yogurt Shop Murders Part 3- Re-release

Voices for Justice

Sarah Turney

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally aired in 2021. 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 it’s Yogurt shop was on fire and soon discovered the bodies of 4 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. Follow us on social media: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VFJPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@VoicesforJusticePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Voices for Justice is hosted by Sarah Turney Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahETurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SarahTurney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The introduction music used in Voices for Justice is Thread of Clouds by Blue Dot Sessions. Outro music is Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious. The track used for ad transitions is Pinky by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.8	Voices for Justice is a podcast that uses adult language and discusses sensitive and
0:36.4	potentially triggering topics,
0:37.9	including violence, abuse, and murder.
0:41.2	This podcast may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
0:45.1	All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
0:48.4	Some names have been changed or omitted per their request or for safety purposes.
0:53.3	Listener discretion is advised.
0:56.3	My name is Sarah Turney, and this is Voices for Justice. This episode is the third and final
1:08.5	installment of my coverage of the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders in Austin, Texas.
1:14.4	If you haven't listened to the first two parts of this series, I definitely recommend going back
1:19.0	in listening to those first or else this episode won't make any sense.
1:23.9	As a quick refresher, in part one, I went over the background of murder victims Jennifer and Sarah Harbison,
1:29.7	Eliza Thomas, and Amy Ayers, and I walked through the timeline of events leading up to their deaths.
1:36.6	In part two, I discussed the first eight years of the investigation, including incredibly devoted
1:42.2	detective John Jones, and Hector Polanco, aka L Diablo, who would later become notorious for obtaining false confessions.
1:52.5	I also went over a few suspects and loose ends that haven't been tied up yet, and I ended with the spotlight on four old suspects that were cleared twice before investigators
2:03.0	decided to take another look. These suspects were 16-year-old Maurice Pierce, 15-year-old
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