AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department (APD) linked Robert Eugene Brashers to the 1991 deaths of four teenage girls at the “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!” shop off Anderson Lane in north Austin this past Friday.
Currently, a nail salon stands where the yogurt shop once did, and a memorial honoring the victims is placed outside in the parking lot.
The victims were identified as 17-year-old Jennifer Harbison and her sister, 15-year-old Sarah, 17-year-old Eliza Thomas and 13-year-old Amy Ayers.
Alexander See was one of the many people who stopped by to pay his respects at the memorial, and he said he’s glad the family’s victims can get some closure.
“I was skeptical they were ever going to solve it, but here we are, and I’m glad that we were able to bring justice to the family,” See said. “It hits home. People around here—they knew this family, they knew these girls, they knew people that knew these girls.”
Troy Richardson also visited the memorial and said the story has always stayed with him—especially after seeing the billboards featuring the girls, which called for more information about the murders.
“I was nine years old when it happened,” Richardson said. “I hope the family just got some relief and I just imagine how they must be feeling—it made me cry a little bit.”
Jeffery Yarbrough used to work in the Criminal Prosecution Division in the Texas Attorney General’s office. He worked on many cold cases, calling them very tedious and time-intensive.
“When a case reaches the point of being cold, that law enforcement agency will typically feel that there are no additional leads that can be explored at that point,” Yarbrough said. “You’re looking for as many pathways to validate, confirm or dismiss the fact that an individual was involved.”
APD is expected to hold a news conference on Monday to provide a timeline of how the events unfolded.
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