AUSTIN (KXAN) -- An Austin Police Department cold case detective and its forensic science director showed how law enforcement agencies were able to break through on 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. • Posters with pictures of the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders victims. On Sept. 26, 2025, the Austin Police Department said that it had identified

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