AUSTIN, Texas — As the city of Austin reels from the news that the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders have been solved , city leaders are addressing the impact the crimes have had over the decades.

In a press conference on Monday morning, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson spoke to the community and the families of Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, Eliza Thomas and Amy Ayers , who sat in front of the podium at Austin City Hall.

"Over three decades after a horrible crime took the lives of four teenage girls and changed Austin forever, our hearts haven't healed. They're still broken for the precious girls we lost," Waston said in his opening remarks.

Watson also made a reference to a now infamous quote of his from 1999, when four young men were charged in connection with the murders. At the time, then-Mayor

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