Serial Killer Identified in the Yogurt Shop Killings

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The deaths of four teenagers — Amy Ayers (13), Eliza Thomas (17), Jennifer Harbison (17), and Sarah Harbison (15) — in an Austin, Texas yogurt shop in 1991 have finally been solved. The killings were the subject of a recent HBO documentary series, The Yogurt Shop Murders , which explored the grief of family members and the wider community. Four suspects were identified years after the murders, and two — Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott — eventually confessed after enduring prolonged interrogation tactics.

The two served nearly a decade in prison, but a court eventually overturned their convictions. The only evidence against them was the testimony of the other, and neither was given the opportuni

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