仅事实
DNA证据将已故连环杀手与1991年奥斯汀酸奶店谋杀案联系起来
摘要
DNA技术的进步确认罗伯特·尤金·布拉舍斯为1991年奥斯汀一家酸奶店内四名少女谋杀案的嫌疑人。
DNA技术的进步确认罗伯特·尤金·布拉舍斯为1991年奥斯汀一家酸奶店内四名少女谋杀案的嫌疑人。布拉舍斯是一名已知的连环杀手和强奸犯，1999年在密苏里州与警方对峙时自杀身亡。
1991年12月6日，17岁的伊莱扎·托马斯、13岁的艾米·艾尔斯，以及姐妹詹妮弗（17岁）和莎拉·哈比森（15岁）被发现在奥斯汀“I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!”酸奶店内被绑缚、堵口，头部中枪致死。凶手还纵火焚烧了店铺，增加了证据收集的难度。
最初的调查于1999年逮捕了四名男子：罗伯特·斯普林斯汀、迈克尔·斯科特、莫里斯·皮尔斯和福雷斯特·韦尔伯恩。斯普林斯汀和斯科特基于他们的供词被定罪，但他们后来撤回供词，声称受到胁迫。基于宪法理由，他们的定罪被推翻，且由于证据不足，对四人的指控最终被撤销。
2009年，先进的DNA检测显示受害者体内的男性DNA样本与之前被捕的任何人均不匹配。
退休的奥斯汀侦探约翰·琼斯表示，通过DNA证据确立了与布拉舍斯的关联。
奥斯汀警方已安排于周一召开新闻发布会，提供有关此进展的更多细节。
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Advancements in DNA technology have identified Robert Eugene Brashers as a suspect in the 1991 murders of four teenage girls in an Austin yogurt shop.
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Brashers, a known serial killer and rapist, died by suicide in 1999 during a standoff with police in Missouri.
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On December 6, 1991, 17-year-old Eliza Thomas, 13-year-old Amy Ayers, and sisters Jennifer (17) and Sarah Harbison (15) were found bound, gagged, and fatally shot in the head at the 'I Can't Believe It's Yogurt!' shop in Austin.
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The perpetrator also set the shop on fire, complicating the collection of evidence.
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Initial investigations led to the arrest of four men in 1999: Robert Springsteen, Michael Scott, Maurice Pierce, and Forrest Welborn.
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Springsteen and Scott were convicted based on their confessions, which they later recanted, claiming coercion.
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Their convictions were overturned on constitutional grounds, and charges against all four were eventually dropped due to lack of evidence.
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