Are 2 never-identified customers key to solving yogurt shop murders?
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CASE UPDATE: In September 2025, the Austin Police Department identified Robert Eugene Brashers , a serial killer and rapist, as the suspect in the Texas yogurt shop murders. …
CASE UPDATE: In September 2025, the Austin Police Department identified Robert Eugene Brashers , a serial killer and rapist, as the suspect in the Texas yogurt shop murders. Brashers, who is deceased, was tied to the mu rder s through DNA testing . On Feb. 19, 2026, a judge declared innocent the four men who were wrongfully accused of the murders — formally exonerating them. In May 2026, the City of Austin agreed to pay a settlement of $35 million to be split among the men. [This story was originally posted on Feb. 5, 2022. It was updated on August 2, 2025.] It has been more than 30 years since four teenage girls were murdered in an Austin, Texas, yogurt shop and the case remains unsolved. At one point, there were arrests and then convictions, but those convictions were later overturned on appeal, and ultimately, new DNA technology raised doubts about the involvement of those initial arrestees. The case has left investigators at what appears to be a standstill, but as correspondent Erin Moriarty reported in this week's "48 Hours," there is a theory that two never-identified men seen in the yogurt shop on the night of the murders may have been involved in the unsolved killings that have haunted Austin for decades. Inside the yogurt shop were the charred bodies of four teenage girls ranging from 13 to 17 years old. …
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