Episode 490: The Solved Austin Yogurt Shop Murders Part 1
One of the most infamous cold cases in the true crime community has long been the Austin Yogurt Shop murders, a quadruple homicide in Austin, Texas in December 1991. Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, Eliza Thomas, and Amy Ayers were brutally killed inside an I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt! before the perpetrator set fire to the crime scene. Unfortunately, the case went cold, and despite an eventual conviction of four young men, the case remained unsolved until 2025, when genetic genealogy identified the true killer. We are revisiting the case now that it has been solved and in part 1, we will discuss the background, the crime, and the initial investigation.
Sources for this episode:
Who Killed These Girls by Beverly Lowry
https://abcnews.com/US/haunting-yogurt-shop-quadruple-killings-solved-3-decades/story?id=126035260
https://www.aetv.com/articles/dna-solved-yogurt-shop-murders
