仅事实
DNA检测确认1991年奥斯汀酸奶店连环杀手身份
摘要
当局宣布DNA证据将1991年奥斯汀酸奶店谋杀案与已故连环杀手罗伯特·尤金·布拉舍斯联系起来，结束了长达34年的悬案。
当局宣布，DNA检测已确认罗伯特·尤金·布拉舍斯为1991年在奥斯汀一家酸奶店杀害四名青少女的凶手，解决了这起悬而未决34年的案件。
布拉舍斯是一名连环杀手，于1999年自杀身亡，除这起犯罪外，他与奥斯汀无已知关联。奥斯汀警察局利用近年来日益流行的遗传基因谱系学方法，将布拉舍斯与这些谋杀案联系起来。该技术还将他与美国其他至少三起凶杀案联系在一起。
受害者分别是17岁的詹妮弗·哈比森、15岁的她妹妹莎拉·哈比森、17岁的伊莱扎·托马斯和13岁的艾米·艾尔斯。她们于1991年12月6日在“I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!”酸奶店内被发现被绑缚、堵嘴并遭致命枪击。凶手还纵火焚烧了店铺，增加了法医证据收集的难度。
谋杀案发生后的多年里，多人被逮捕和起诉，包括罗伯特·斯普林斯汀四世和迈克尔·斯科特，他们曾被定罪，但因供词存在问题，判决后来被推翻。随着DNA检测技术的进步，这些人最终被排除为嫌疑人，相关指控于2009年被撤销。
最新的DNA发现为这起深刻影响奥斯汀社区三十多年的案件带来了结局。酸奶店原址设有一块纪念牌匾，上面刻着“永远在我们心中”及受害者的名字，以示纪念。
奥斯汀警察局预计将在此进展后正式结案。
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Authorities have announced that DNA testing has identified Robert Eugene Brashers as the perpetrator of the 1991 murders of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop.
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Brashers, a serial killer who died by suicide in 1999, had no known connections to Austin aside from this crime.
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The Austin Police Department utilized genetic genealogy to link Brashers to the murders.
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This technique has also connected him to at least three other homicides across the United States.
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The victims—Jennifer Harbison, 17; her sister, Sarah Harbison, 15; Eliza Thomas, 17; and Amy Ayers, 13—were found bound, gagged, and fatally shot inside the 'I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!' shop on December 6, 1991.
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The assailant had set the shop ablaze, complicating the collection of forensic evidence.
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In the years following the murders, multiple individuals were arrested and charged, including Robert Springsteen IV and Michael Scott, who were convicted but later had their convictions overturned due to issues with their confessions.
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