Breaking News: Robert Eugene Brashers identified as killer in Austin Yogurt Shop Murders
Criminology27 Sep 2025

Breaking News: Robert Eugene Brashers identified as killer in Austin Yogurt Shop Murders

Major breaking news here as serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers has been identified as being responsible for the infamous quadruple Yogurt Shop murder in December, 1991 in Austin, TX.

Killed were Jennifer Harbison, and Eliza Thomas who were employees of the 'I Can't Believe it's Yogurt' shop in Austin, along with Jennifer's sister Sarah Harbison, and her friend Amy Ayers who were in the shop in order to get a ride home with Jennifer after closing. All four girls were shot in the head execution style and at least one of them was raped. After they were killed, the shop was set on fire to cover up the crime and destroy evidence.

Robert Eugene Brashers was a known rapist and serial killer who roamed from state to state. Among many twisted crimes, We know Brashers was responsible for the murders of Genevieve "Jenny" Zitricki in Greenville, SC in 1990, as well as that of mother and daughter Sherri and Megan Scherer in Portageville, Missouri in 1998. We did a full episode on Brashers way back in 2018; season 4 episode 5. You can listen to that full episode here.

This is a breaking news story and the investigation is ongoing.

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