Explained: From DNA testing to ballistics – how the infamous 1991 ‘yogurt shop’ murders case got finally solved in 2025

After decades, the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders of four teenage girls were finally linked to a serial offender. Advanced DNA and ballistics identified Robert Eugene Brashers, who died by suicide in 1999, as the perpetrator. This breakthrough brought closure to families and exonerated previously convicted men.