For more than three decades Austin Yogurt Store The massacres were persecuted by both Investigators And the community, because the suspect was never determined and the case remained unresolved.
This long -term uncertainty recently ended when the authorities linked the crime scene with Robert Eugene Brashers, who in 1999 Died of suicide when Missouri police tried to arrest him for other crimes.
The authorities also revealed how the infamous case had finally closed, stating how their most convincing evidence was DNA, one of the victim’s fingers corresponding to the suspect.
Kentucky’s cold case led to the discovery of bomb Austin yogurt shop in the case
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1991 December The city of Austin was shocked by the four -legged murder of four young victims.
Their killer seems to have tried to cover his tracks by setting up the yogurt store “Ablaze”, where their bodies remain.
Although four men were later accused of murder, and some were even convicted, all four were fired in a decade from the incident, and the killer’s identity leaving a slender secret.
However, when police cold case investigators recently re -submitted evidence of ballistics from the crime scene to the federal database, they received in 1998 within 24 hours. Cold case in Kentucky, which reflected the event in Austine.
For the alleged killer, the police aligned DNA after the victim’s nails
Investigators’ curiosity was even more angry when they realized that the Kentucky crime was reflected in what had happened to Austin’s victims.
Looking at this as a breakthrough after a year of deadlock, they appealed to crime laboratories across the country.
One of them, using one DNA strand found in one of the victims, Amy Ayers, was able to set the match.
Persons turned out to be a man named Robert Eugene Brashers, who had several running with the police.
The suspect allegedly traveled through Texas when he committed murders
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After confirming the DNA matches, it remained proved that Brashers could commit the crime at the time it happened.
Initially, the authorities learned that he did not live or seemed to have never worked in Austine. However, following their previous meetings with law enforcement, they revealed that it was associated with a stolen car a few weeks before the Yogurt Shop murders.
Later, the investigators found that Brashers could travel through Texas on the way to Arizon and stopped briefly in anterior, during which time he committed the murders.
Despite these revelations, the Brashers will not be afraid of the 1999 He died of suicide. He reportedly shot when police closed him for other crimes committed.
The victim’s father is proud of the daughter whose DNA has led to a breakthrough
After the breakthrough Amy’s father expressed gratitude that his daughter DNA helped to close the case, according to them American statesman.
“I have never been so proud of my daughter throughout my life,” said Bob Ayers, who also noted that he was told that Amy could get DNA under her nails and with his killer.
“Our whole family knew that Amy was something to help solve it,” he added.
Meanwhile, Amy’s mother Pam expressed mixed emotions of revelations, adding that she never imagined her daughter and other victims who would be killed by the serial killer.
“I can’t say I’m happy,” she revealed. “I’m not there. I’m like numb. Knowing it’s a serial killer. I find it difficult to process.”
Austin’s mayor ponders the murders of yogurt stores
At a press conference on Monday, Mayor Kirk Watson pondered the conclusions and their impact on the city.
“This day has passed a long time,” he said at the beginning of the conference, over News. “Almost a quarter of a century ago I said this city lost its innocence. Now we have some closure.”
In his last remarks, Watson expressed his gratitude to the parents of the victims for his patience throughout the year, despite the many false hopes. He continued to thank the investigation team for his perseverance in ensuring the city and the victim’s families to close.
“I hope we can turn a page in the dark department of Austin’s history, the last page,” Watson concluded. “The murders of yogurt stores will always be part of Austin’s story.”