Yogurt Shop Murders Exposed: The Evidence the Fire Couldn’t Destroy

The 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders remain one of the most significant criminal cases in Texas history — not just for the brutality of the crime itself, but for the catastrophic investigative failures that followed. Four teenage girls were killed inside I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt on West Anderson Lane. The building was deliberately set on fire to eliminate evidence. And for 34 years, the wrong people paid for it.

In Part 1 of this five-part series, we go back to the night of December 6, 1991. Eliza Thomas, 17. Jennifer Harbison, 17. Sarah Harbison, 15. Amy Ayers, 13. Restrained with their own clothing, shot execut...