Austin, Texas – For years, the killings that were not resolved for four teenage girls at the Austin Al -Laban Store in 1991 were haunted in Texas, the capital.
Two men were charged and condemned, only to highlight the DNA guides, leaving the brutal deaths – which the girls were restricted, supplemen and fired before the building was shot – a permanent mystery.
Then Friday, the authorities announced the evidence of DNA Select a new suspectRobert Eugene Prars, a dead serial killer for a long time Associated with several deaths And rape throughout the country.
Austin Police says it will provide more details on Monday about the hacking in the cold case, which was the subject of the HBO documentary series released last month, “Yogurt Shop”.
This is what you need to know:
The killings occurred on December 6, 1991, in “I can’t believe it is yogurt!” Shop in Austin.
Investigators say someone had entered the store across the back door at the time of the closure, and attacked four teenagers before setting fire to the building.
Amy Aires, 13; Elisa Thomas, 17; The sisters Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, between the ages of 17 and 15, were connected to underwear and their mouths with the fabric. Each of them was shot in the head, and their body, which was found by firefighters fighting the fire.
Eight years passed before the police arrested in 1999.
Robert Springstein and Michael Scott were teenagers at the time of murders. Initially confess, involved each other.
They tried and condemned, despite their retreat and said that their statements were coercive.
More years have passed. The condemnation of the appeals was canceled. The two men were appointed to re -trial, but the prosecutors said that the most advanced new DNA analysis referred to another suspect. The judge ordered both men to heat in 2009.
shouting He died in 1999 When he shot himself during a watch confrontation with the police at a hotel in Kennett, Missouri.
In the years after his death, the police were able to use progress in the forensic DNA analysis to link it with a series of unnoticed killings.
In 2018, Missouri’s authorities were involved in the 1998 murder by Sherry Shearer and her daughter Megan, at her home near Portageville, about 155 miles (250 km) southeast of St. Louis. In this case, the police said that the bolts had sexually assaulted the victim, who is 12 years old.
The police investigation also linked him to the killing of Jenvv Zetricki in 1990, who is 28 years old, found and beaten in the bathtub in Greenville, South Carolina, as well as the rape of a 14 -year -old girl in Memphis, Tennessee in 1997.
The authorities said at the time of wandering A lengthy criminal record It included an attempt to kill and rob and impersonate the police officer.
Brashers, in interviews with local news stations, expressed her surprise and sadness to identify the last deaths associated with her father.
Deborah Brashes-Claunch Kvue-TV said She was just a baby when Austin’s murders and 8 years only occurred when her father died.
she KXAN-TV said She did not know why he ended up in Austin, unlike noting that he worked in construction. She said she believed that more crimes could appear.
“I am very sorry for every family that my father had,” said Brashers-I am astonishing to the Austin station. “I know this is not my place at all to tell you that I am sorry, but someone should be because it was not sorry for that and half of my DNA is the person who hurts you more than others, so I want to tell you sorry, and I am very sorry for everything. But I am finally happy because you get answers.”