Deborah Roberts

You touched on something when you talked about those innocent times of kids, you know, just walking around and riding their bikes.

And in this case, just hanging out at a yogurt shop.

Right.

Two of the girls worked there in our episode.

Somebody described this as the day that Austin lost its innocence.

And you could see that that was what happened.

I mean, this tragedy really impacted the community in a huge way.

I can imagine.

And I've covered so many of these stories, and we often do, when they're in a fairly small town.

And Austin, as you said, is sort of bustling now.

But people really did feel very safe and sort of protected.

And so when this kind of thing happens, it shakes you.

Let's talk about those four girls, Sarah, Jennifer, Eliza, and Amy.

As I said, doing something so innocent.

A couple of the girls worked at the yoga shop.

They're all just there kind of hanging out.

And their lives were viciously cut short.

And I think in some ways that is what haunted this community more than anything else.

I mean, any horrible crime is a horrible crime.

But in this case, young, I mean, basically babies.