The Yogurt Shop Murders...........on HBO.......... (3 Viewers)

[Warrior]

I've been watching this documentary on HBO, I think it's a four part series, have watched the first two parts, it's about the 1991 murders of 4 teenage girls at yogurt shop in Austin TX.

Honestly, four innocent teenagers shot in the head over what, a few thousand dollars at a yogurt store? There were two guns involved, the shop was set on fire to destroy evidence, the case is still unsolved to this day.

It digs deep regarding the families and how their lives have been destroyed, not to mention a couple of the investigators from the case and how their lives have cratered over this.

It's very well done, worth a watch, very sad that it's still unsolved.

 

[Barkmann]

Have read about that case, just 4 young women, heart goes out to their families. Think the DNA evidence is vital, since Biden signed The Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act into law, with the Yogurt Shop Murders in mind, they can be able to search more in terms of DNA. I think the police got blindsided [as they do in many cases in ALL countries], once they have someone in mind and they are arrested etc, they just stop looking at any other potential people.

Lane Bryant shooting is another case. Case in the UK for me, near where i grew up, Sheila Elsie Margaret Egner [see link] was murdered in 1991, she worked in an Army and Navy store, guy clubbed her to death and nicked the money from the cash register, about $300. Unsolved, lots of people saw him as is a busy area and said he look dodgy. But police failed to find him.

I think 2 things catch people in these cold cases, development in DNA etc and the other is money. offering a reward, as the people who did it may have mentioned it to someone when they did it and firstly, relationships change and secondly money can motivate people.

 

[Warrior]

Have read about that case, just 4 young women, heart goes out to their families. Think the DNA evidence is vital, since Biden signed The Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act into law, with the Yogurt Shop Murders in mind, they can be able to search more in terms of DNA. I think the police got blindsided [as they do in many cases in ALL countries], once they have someone in mind and they are arrested etc, they just stop looking at any other potential people.

Lane Bryant shooting is another case. Case in the UK for me, near where i grew up, Sheila Elsie Margaret Egner [see link] was murdered in 1991, she worked in an Army and Navy store, guy clubbed her to death and nicked the money from the cash register, about $300. Unsolved, lots of people saw him as is a busy area and said he look dodgy. But police failed to find him.

I think 2 things catch people in these cold cases, development in DNA etc and the other is money. offering a reward, as the people who did it may have mentioned it to someone when they did it and firstly, relationships change and secondly money can motivate people.

There was a reward offered, it was upped to I think 100K and no one came forward; as you said, people talk and that's how a lot of these crimes get solved.