AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis held a press conference Monday morning at Austin City Hall to present how investigators solved one of the city's most infamous cold cases: The 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders.

Background of the case

On Dec. 6, 1991, Austin firefighters responded to a fire at the “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!” shop off Anderson Lane in north Austin. What started as a structure fire call evolved to a quadruple homicide case after first responders found bodies in the building.

The victims were identified as Amy Ayers, 13, Eliza Thomas, 17, Jennifer Harbison, 17, and Harbison’s younger sister, Sarah, 15.

Over the years, four men were accused of the murders. Some were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. By the late 2000s, all four

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