AUSTIN (KXAN) — Recent DNA and ballistic evidence linked a man to the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders that occurred in Austin.
KXAN gathered information surrounding the developments that were made in the case over the course of a nearly 34-year investigation.
Timeline
1990s
Dec. 6, 1991: Police find four teenage girls bound, gagged and burned, some atop each other, at the I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop on Anderson Lane. They were later determined to have been raped and murdered.
December 1991: Police discover a gun on Maurice Pierce a few days after the murders. The event became a catalyst for pursuing Pierce, Forrest Welborn, Robert Springsteen, and Michael Scott--the four defendants in the case.
1992-1998: Investigators continue to pursue leads.
Sept. 9, 1999: Michael Scott talks to p