Thirty-three years since four young girls were fatally shot in a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas, on Dec. 6, 1991, the Austin American-Statesman broke the news Friday that Austin police have named a suspect: Robert Eugene Brashers, who committed suicide in 1999.

“We have identified a suspect in these murders through a wide range of DNA testing,” according to a statement from the city of Austin.

Until this week, the ongoing investigation into the murders of Amy Ayers (13), Jennifer Harbison (17), Sarah Harbison (15), and Eliza Thomas (17) focused on four male suspects—Maurice Pierce, Michael Scott, Robert Springsteen, and Forrest Welborn—but there was never any physical evidence that linked them to the crime scene. However, police did make an effort to get swabs from the girls for

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