The Yogurt Shop Murders: Four Lives Lost, Decades of Questions
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In 1991, police walked into a burning yogurt shop and stumbled upon what would become the biggest unsolved mystery in Austin, Texas.
Today, we're talking about the yogurt shop murders and how a 34-year-old cold case has finally been solved.
Hi guys, welcome back to Clues, where we sneak past the crime scene tape to explore the key evidence behind some of the most gripping true crime cases.
As always, I'm Kayla Moore, and I'll be the one digging deeper into the timelines, the backstories, and the court files released for these cases.
And I'm your internet sleuth, Morgan Absher. Don't forget to share your thoughts on social.
Morgan and I are always combing through your comments. We love them. Love the comments. And if you want ad-free listening and early access, you can subscribe to Crime House Plus on Apple Podcasts. Let's get into this case and the clues that defined it. Now, for those of you who listened to our Thanksgiving episode that we dropped, it was an episode of Heart Starts Pounding where I briefly covered this case, got into the weeds a little bit on how it got solved. But today we're going to do a really big deep dive into the whole thing.
Yeah, this one, I fell down the rabbit hole quite a bit. I actually will get into it, but I watched the entire press release and we were we were just joking I didn't realize there was only like 721 views on it and I'm like three of them so um we are up to date on this case and everything that's come out recently because even if you look eight months ago There's a bunch of videos that came out kind of remembering the case and bringing it to light again. And it was, I mean, they had no idea. And here we are. This case is finally cracked. It's solved.
Yeah, it was really interesting. I lived in Austin, Texas last year for the year. And we, my husband and I, we talked to people who still remembered the girls. They were friends with the people involved. Like the city was still really reeling from the crime when it was unsolved. And so I'm curious, too, for those who are listening before we dive in, like, what is the big cold case where you live? I think a lot of people can relate to this having a cold case that just kind of, I don't know, looms over the city.
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, I'm curious because maybe there are cases that you guys would want us to cover. Yeah. Drop them in the comments.
And stick around to the end because I have more information on if you have a loved one whose case has gone cold. Part of this episode actually explains how you can have that case reopened. So it's something that you might want to stick around for.
I just literally got the chills. That's really, really good to know.
And just a reminder, there's going to be some, if you're watching the YouTube video, images, videos, we might play some recording sometimes.
What happened on the night of the Yogurt Shop murders?
You'll be able to see that in the video. It'll help you kind of make sense of the case a little bit more. And if you are listening to the episode, you can find all of those same things on our socials. That's at Clues Podcast on Instagram.
A warning for this episode, it does include pretty graphic discussions of violence, sexual assault of a minor, suicide and murder. Please listen with care.
All right. So the case starts on Friday night, December 6th, 1991. 13-year-old Amy Ayers and 15-year-old Sarah Harbison spend the night hanging out at the North Cross Mall in Austin, Texas. The girls were going to have a sleepover at Sarah's house that night, but they needed a ride home. So they go meet up with Sarah's sister, 17-year-old Jennifer Harbison, less than a mile away.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:44
2
What happened on the night of the Yogurt Shop murders?
3:44–31:20
3
Who were the victims of the Yogurt Shop tragedy?
31:20–39:50
4
What evidence was found at the crime scene?
39:50–1:16:51
5
How did the investigation unfold after the murders?
1:16:51–1:24:34