NEED TO KNOW
Four teen girls were found murdered in a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas, in 1991
Two men were convicted of the killings in 1999, but their rulings were overturned a decade later due to a lack of evidence and alleged coerced confessions
New genetic testing matched DNA from the crime scene to an unidentified man in 2020
It’s been over three decades since teens Eliza Thomas, Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison and Amy Ayers were shot and killed inside a Texas yogurt shop. Yet the case remains unsolved.
On Dec. 6, 1991, a fire broke out at I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt in Austin, Texas. When firefighters extinguished the flames, they found the bodies of four young girls — all of whom had been shot in the head.
Days after the killings, police detained a teenager named Maurice Pie